IT'S 2:06 P.M. I'M EDDIE LIN.
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE
ROLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> HERE.
>> COUNCIL MET RINCK.
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAKA.
>>
HERE.
>> CHAIR LIN.
>> HERE.
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE
SEVEN COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT.
>> I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ
AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS
ARE EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S
MEETING.
WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS
THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED.
HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE
AGENDA IS ADOPTED.
WELCOME TO SESSION ONE OF
THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PHASE
TWO,
FOCUSING ON CORRIDORS.
WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE
TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR
ITEMS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE
SIGNED UP TODAY?
>> WE HAVE ROUGHLY 18
TOTAL, EIGHT REMOTE AND TEN IN
PERSON.
>> OKAY.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO
MINUTES. WE'LL START WITH IN-
PERSON
SPEAKERS FIRST. CAN YOU READ THE
PUBLIC COMMENT
INSTRUCTIONS.
>> IT WILL BE MODERATED IN
THE MANNER, UP TO 20 MINUTES.
IN- PERSON SPEAKERS WILL
BE CALLED FIRST, AFTER WHICH
REMOTE SPEAK ESHS UNTIL IT HAS
ENDED.
SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME
WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF
THEIR
TIME.
MICROPHONES WILL BE MUTED.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS
OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH
THE FIRST
SPEAKER ON THE LIST. LAURA LOWE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M HERE TODAY AS THE
ADVOCACY AND POLICY MANAGER FOR
HABITAT
FOR HUMANITY.
FIRST DAY ON THE JOB.
I'M LAURA LOWE, A RENTER IN
SEATTLE.
HABITAT IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE
COMPLETE COMMUNITIES
COALITION, AND WE STRONGLY
SUPPORT THE
TALLER, DENSER, FASTER
RESOLUTION.
AT HABITAT WE SEE EVERY DAY
ZONING CAPACITY IS NOT ABSTRACT.
IT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
A FAMILY STAYING IN SEATTLE OR
BEING PRICED OUT.
AT OLYMPIC RIDGE ON 14th AVENUE
HABITAT CREATED 18
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOME
OWNERSHIP
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIRST-
TIME BUYERS EARNING UP TO 80% OF
AMI.
THESE ARE TEACHERS, HEALTH CARE
WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
EMPLOYEES WHO DREAMED OF STAYING
IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY WORK
AND ARE RAISING THEIR KIDS.
THIS FINALLY WAS MADE
POSSIBLE AFTER YEARS OF RENTING
AND EXPERIENCING HOUSING
INSTABILITY.
WITHOUT THAT ZONING, THOSE
18 FAMILIES WOULD NOT BE
HOMEOWNERS
IN SEATTLE TODAY.
THIS WAS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE
OF THE LEVEL OF DENSITY
ALLOWED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S WHY THIS UPDATE
MATTERS SO MUCH.
TALLER, DENSER, FASTER BRINGS
THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY,
THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD MORE
HOMES, INCLUDING PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP, TO
MORE
NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE HUBS
OF OUR CITY, NEAR TRANSIT,
JOBS, PARKS AND MORE.
IF A PROJECT DELIVERS DEEPER
AFFORDABILITY,
GREENER CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER
COMMUNITY
BENEFITS, THE CODE SHOULD
MAKE THAT PROJECT EASIER NOT
HARDER
TO BUILD BY EXPANDING THE SCOPE
OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL EIS,
HOW HEIGHT BONUSES FOR
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING WILL WORK, PLUS THOSE
BENEFITS SHOULD BE ABLE TO STACK
WITH OTHER PUBLIC INTEREST
BONUSES. PLEASE ADVANCE TALLER,
DENSER,
FASTER, BOLDLY AND GIVE
SEATTLE EVERY TOOL TO CREATE
MORE
AFFORDABLE HOMES IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS HELPS US,
HABITAT, IN
OUR MISSION TO NOT JUST BUILD
HOMES BUT HOMEOWNERS.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT.
THIS IS A STEP TOWARDS ACHIEVING
OUR VISION, AND WE CAN'T WAIT
TO WORK WITH CAN YOU GOING
FORWARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SUZANNE GRANT
FOLLOWED BY HOWARD
GREENWICH, JESSICA DIXON AND
RUTH.
>> HELLO.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
TODAY TO LISTEN TO US.
BUT DO YOU HEAR US?
I ALMOST DIDN'T BOTHER TO
COME TODAY TO TALK TO YOU,
JUDGING
FROM PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, IT
KIND OF APPEARS MANY OF
US MAY FEEL THAT WAY.
YOU HAVE RECEIVED, HOW
MANY, THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS
FROM NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE
CITY PLEADING FOR PROTECTION
OF THEIR -- NO, OUR -- TREES.
BUT THE MAYOR HOLDS A
SECRET MEETING ABOUT THE
COMP PLAN AND ONLY VITES THE
MASTER
BUILDERS WHO STAND TO MAKE
PROFITS FROM
DENSE HOUSING, HOUSING WE
ALL WANT IF IT'S AFFORDABLE
AND,
IMPORTANTLY, HEALTHY, NEAR
TREES. WHAT WILL YOU DO TO STAND
UP, PUN INTENDED, FOR KEEPING
TREES INTACT WHILE BUILDING
HOUSING?
HOW WILL YOU PUSH BACK ON THE
MAYOR'S ONE- SIDED APPROACH?
SOME OF YOU ARE TRYING.
THANK YOU.
BUT YOU NEED TO TRY HARDER.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
ADMINISTRATION
IS TAKING AWAY OUR PUBLIC
LANDS, CUTTING OUR PUBLIC
FORESTS.
THE ONLY ACTION I CAN
TAKE AGAINST HIM THAT CAN HAVE
ANY
REAL EFFECT IS LOCAL ACTION.
IF YOU AT THIS POINT -- SORRY --
DOWN THE PATH THAT
IGNORES CLIMATE CHANGE,
DECREASES
SETBACKS, INCREASES THE
LOT COVERAGE TO 95%, DOOMING
OUR LOCAL ORCA WITH INCREASED
STORM WATER RUN- OFF, I HAVE NO
SAY
IN PROTECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT,
OUR
TREES, OUR BIRDS, OUR
INSECTS, AND OUR EXTREMELY
INTELLIGENT
ORCA. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE
HOLES IN
THE SKY WHERE THE TREES ONCE
STOOD. KEEP SEATTLE ERECT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
HOWARD GREENWICH.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'M HOWARD -- I'M HOWARD
GREENWICH.
I'M THE RESEARCH DIRECTOR FOR
PG SOUND SAGE.
FOR THE LAST 15 OR MORE
YEARS SAGE HAS BEEN A LEADING
VOICE FOR FIGHTING AGAINST
DISPLACEMENT OF WORKING WORKING
COMMUNITIES OUT OF SEATTLE AND
BY DISPLACEMENT, YOU KNOW,
WE DON'T JUST MEAN AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WE ALSO MEAN ALL THE CULTURAL
COMPONENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES,
ET CETERA, THAT FOLKS HAVE BUILT
OVER THE LAST 20, 30, 100
YEARS THINKING PARTICULARLY
ABOUT THE
BLACK COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF BEEN OUR
FIGHT, AND OUR WORK HAS
BEEN CITYWIDE BUT MOSTLY FOCUSED
ON SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, SO
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU,
COUNCILMEMBER
LIN, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND VALUES
HERE REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT
THE RESOLUTION AND THE MAYOR'S
TALLER, DENSER, FASTER CONCEPT.
BUT WITH SOME CAVEATS.
FIRST, WE THINK ADDING
SOME ADDITIONAL ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT POLICY COMPONENTS
TO IT, TO THE
STUDY, WE ARE ASKING THEM TO
STUDY, WILL HELP OPCD
SHOW INCREASED DENSITY.
WE'LL SEND YOU A LETTER
ABOUT THAT SOON.
SECOND, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
SINCE A NARROW
ADMINISTRATION HAS SOUGHT TO
PARTNER WITH
COMMUNITIES AT HIGH RISK OF
DISPLACEMENT TO CRAFT POLICY,
SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO WORKING WITH MAYOR WILSON'S
OPCD LEADERSHIP FOR THIS NEXT
ROUND OF ZONING AND PLANNING.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT
TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS AN
AFFIRMATION
THAT CENTERING COMMUNITIES AT
RISK OF DISPLACEMENT IS NOT
ANTI-DENSITY.
IT'S NOT ANTI-GROWTH. IT'S NOT
A JUSTIFICATION
EITHER FOR THE STATUS QUO.
WE BELIEVE THAT WILL BE CENTRAL
TO YOUR VISION OF SEATTLE AS A
DENSE, MULTICLASS,
MULTIRACIAL CITY FOR EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
NEXT UP WE HAVE JESSICA
DIXON FOLLOWED BY RUTH DEIT,
DAVE.
>> MY NAME IS JESSICA DIXON
AND I'M IN DISTRICT SIX,
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
TODAY --
THIS OPPORTUNITY.
TODAY THE MAJESTIC DAYTON CEDARS
IN GREENWOOD WERE CUT DOWN.
THESE 80-YEAR- OLD HEALTHY RED
CEDARS WERE OVER FOUR FEET
IN DIAMETER AND WERE THE HEART
OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY STOOD AT THE VERY EDGE OF A
SITE AND AN ARCHITECT SHOWED
THAT ALL THE UNITS OF HOUSING,
EIGHT UNITS, AND THE TREES
COULD CO- EXIST IF THE DEVELOPER
WERE TO BUILD SIX PARKING SPOTS
INSTEAD OF EIGHT.
THE LIMBS WERE SLICED
BY POWERFUL CHAINSAWS AND FED
INTO A SERIES OF
CHIPPERS UNTIL THEY WERE JUST
PILES OF SAW DUST.
I BROUGHT A PICTURE OF WHAT THEY
LOOKED LIKE BEFORE.
AND AS THEY WERE IN ACTION
TODAY, THERE WERE 18 TREE
CUTTERS ON SITE.
THEY WERE JUST PILES OF SAWDUST.
NATURE'S PERFECT CARBON
STORAGE.
NATURE'S FREE AIR CONDITIONER
AND STORM WATER ALLY WAS
RENDERED USELESS.
PEOPLE FILED BY TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
A MOM BROUGHT PICTURES FROM HER
DAUGHTER WHO THOUGHT THEY
MIGHT HELP SAVE THE TREE.
I BROUGHT A PICTURE.
ANALYST WAS STARTED ON A
PIECE OF PAPER, AND I JUST
WANTED TO
READ IT TO YOU.
QUOTE, I WISH SEATTLE
CITY COUNCIL PASSES LAWS TO
PROTECT
TREES BY, ONE, REQUIRING
ALTERNATE SITE LAYOUTS AT
THE BEGINNING OF PROJECTS WITH
TREES, USE SHARED EXTERIOR WALLS
IN ALL MIDDLE HOUSING,
THREE, SAVE TREES THAT ARE
GREATER
THAN 30 INCHES IN DIAMETER,
FOUR,
SAVE TREES THAT ARE OVER
50 YEARS OLD, FIVE, USE
STRUCTURAL PIN PILES TO BUILD
OUR LARGE --
OVER LARGE ROUTES
BECAUSE THERE ARE WAYS TO BUILD
ALONGSIDE
TREES.
AND, SIX, HAVE A HEART AND
COMPASSION IS ON THE LIST. THANK
YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE --
>> TWO MAJOR PIECES OF STATE
LEGISLATION, HB 1110 AND
1491 ARRIVED AFTER PUBLIC INPUT
AND DECISIONS WERE MADE ABOUT
WHICH PLAN ALTERNATIVE AND
GROWTH STRATEGY WOULD BE
FOLLOWED.
THE LEVEL OF MIDDLE HOUSING NOW
ALLOWED IN OUR TRANSIT NEW
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS WERE NOT
ACCOUNTED FOR WHEN THE
GROWTH STRATEGY WAS DEVELOPED.
SO WHAT'S OUR GROWTH
STRATEGY NOW?
CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT TO
RE-ASSESS?
LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE.
IT SEEMS WE'VE LOST THE
NARRATIVE. GO BACK TO THE
NUMBERS.
THE CITY ADOPTED A TARGET OF
120,000 NEW HOMES OVER 20
YEARS. TO REACH THAT TARGET, THE
2024 DRAFT ZONING PROVIDED
CAPACITY
FOR 330,000 NEW HOMES IN
CORRIDORS AND CENTERS
CONFIGURATION.
BUT HB 1491 IS TELLING US WE
NEED A STRONGER CORRIDOR'S
APPROACH.
THIS MANDATE IN ADDITIONAL
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ARE
SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CALL FOR
AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN MAP
AND TO CONSIDER MODIFYING SOME
OF
OUR EXPANDED CENTERS.
WE CAN DO THIS
WITHOUT SACRIFICING OUR ORIGINAL
HOUSING TARGET AND AFFORDABILITY
GOALS.
AND, AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES,
WE CAN'T EXPECT TO GET
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING THROUGH UPZONING.
THE URBAN AFFAIRS INSTITUTE SAID
ZONING MODIFICATIONS
WILL INCREASE HOUSING SUPPLY BY
0.8%.
THE AMERICAN
ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE SAYS
BETWEEN 1 AND
2.5%.
THAT'S REALLY NOT THAT MUCH.
AND I THINK WE'RE
ASKING TOO
MUCH FROM UPZONING. IT'S MAGICAL
THINKING.
WE NEED TO LOOK HARDER AT SOCIAL
HOUSING, AND SO I ASK YOU --
I THINK WHAT'S TALLER, FASTER
IS
A BIT NAIVE.
AND
WE'VE ALREADY UPZONED
ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP DAVE FOLLOWED BY
LOGAN AND CAROLINE AND CINDY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS DAVE GLOGER AND
I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
LAST YEAR COUNCIL PASSED INTERIM
LEGISLATION FOR HB 1110, AND THE
FIRST PHASE OF THE ONE SEATTLE
PLAN.
AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WAS WITH
THE INTENT OF PRODUCING
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT
THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE
HAPPENING.
WHEN I TRAVEL AROUND
MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY, I
AM NOT SEEING HOUSING BEING
BUILT, I AM SEEING LOTS THAT
HAVE ALL THE TREES CUT DOWN WITH
FOUR
TOWNHOUSES ON THEM.
EACH OF THESE TOWNHOUSES
IS SELLING FOR MORE THAN A
MILLION
DOLLARS. THAT'S HARDLY MIDDLE
HOUSING.
BUT WHAT IS NOT APPARENT IS
THE HOUSE THAT USED TO BE ON
THAT
PROPERTY. MORE OFTEN THAN NOT
THERE WAS
A MODEST PRICE STARTER HOME,
JUST
WHAT A FIRST- TIME HOME BUYER IS
LOOKING FOR.
SO WE'RE REMOVING ACTUAL MIDDLE
HOUSING FOR THIS PROCESS
OF SUPPOSEDLY BUILDING
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING. AND ON THE RENTAL SIDE
YESTERDAY I LOOKED ONLINE AND I
FOUND THAT
THERE ARE OVER 13,000
RENTAL UNITS AVAILABLE.
13,000 APARTMENTS.
SO WE HAVE A HUGE SURPLUS
OF RENTAL UNITS, AND THE NEXT
PHASE OF THE ONE SEATTLE PLAN
WANTS
TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE AREAS
THAT ALLOW LARGE APARTMENT
BUILDINGS.
THE TECH INDUSTRY HAS HUGE
LAYOFFS WITH MORE ON THE WAY.
STARBUCKS IS LEAVING TOWN,
BUT THE MAYOR SAYS DENSER,
HIGHER,
FASTER.
I ASK, WHY?
THE COMP PLAN DOESN'T ENCOURAGE
MIDDLE HOUSING, AND WE HAVE
A GLUT OF APARTMENTS.
LOOK AT THE DATA BEFORE YOU
UPZONE SO MUCH THAT SEATTLE IS
NOT RECOGNIZABLE OR LIVABLE IN
THE NEAR FUTURE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
AFTERNOON. I'M LOGAN SCHMIDT.
WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF
THIS RESOLUTION IN TALLER,
DENSER,
FASTER.
AS THE CITY AND OPCD MOVE AHEAD
WITH THE NEXT PHASE, IT IS
IMPERATIVE YOU ANALYZE
INFRASTRUCTURE BARRIERS THAT
DISPROPORTIONATELY BURDEN
MIDDLE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
ZONING CAPACITY ALONE DOES
NOT PRODUCE HOUSING.
>> THE SUPPLEMENTAL EIS
SHOULD SHOW RIGHT OF WAY, MAKE
SMALL AND MIDDLE PROJECTS
FEASIBLE
INCLUDING UNDERGROUNDING
THRESHOLDS, PERMIT TIME
LINES, AND SEATTLE PUBLIC
UTILITIES WATER MAIN EXTENSION
REQUIREMENTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP TO ENSURE
THAT
THE CITY CAN BOTH PLAN FOR
AND REALIZE THE GROWTH SET FORTH
IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
BECAUSE
EVERYONE DESERVES A PLACE
TO CALL
HOME. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> UP NEXT CAROLINE.
>> HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS,
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT.
MY NAME IS CAROLINE
VILLANOVA AND I AM THE DIRECTOR
OF
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AT SEATTLE
PARK FOUNDATION.
WE ARE FULLY SUPPORTIVE
OF ADVANCING PLANNING TO MEET
THE
NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN
SEATTLE.
AT THE SAME TIME WE BELIEVE
THE CITY MUST ENSURE THIS
PLAN CREATES A LIVABLE AND
THRIVING
CITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS
INCLUDING FAMILIES BY IMPROVING
OR EXPANDING PUBLIC SPACE
AND PUBLIC AMENITIES ESPECIALLY
GREEN SPACES AS PART OF THE
REZONING LEGISLATION.
AS A MAJORITY RENTER CITY, IT
IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE
HAVE SAFE OUTDOOR SPACES FOR
KIDS
TO PLAY AND FOR PEOPLE TO DO
THINGS LIKE WALK THEIR DOGS OR
GET
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
WE MUST CONNECT DENSITY TO --
DENSITY WITH LIVEABILITY, NOT
AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT OR A REQUEST
FROM INTEREST GROUPS BUT
AS STRONG POLICIES WITH
REAL CLIMATE AND COMMUNITY
RESILIENCE
OUTCOMES. THROUGH OUR
COALITION ENGAGEMENT WE KNOW
THAT THE CURRENT
APPROACH TO DENSITY AND LAND USE
PLANNING HAS CREATED A GROWING
THE CITY'S
STRATEGY INSUFFICIENTLY
ADDRESSES GREEN
SPACE, LIVEABILITY, NEIGHBORHOOD
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY OF OUR
140 GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY
GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT
THIS
IS THE CASE, AND WE REQUEST
AGENCY
AND ELECTED LEADERS SIT DOWN
AND HAVE DIRECT DIALOGUE
WITH COMMUNITIES THAT WILL BE
IMPACTED BY THE CHANGES
TO ZONING IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ASSIST
THE CITY IN REACHING THOSE
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE
TIME TODAY TO RECONSIDER THE
PROFOUND IMPACT OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN CAN AND WILL HAVE ON
SHAPING
SEATTLE'S FUTURE.
WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER AND DEMONSTRATE
RIGHT HERE IN SEATTLE
LIVEABILITY
AND GROWTH ARE NOT COMPETING
PRIORITIES.
THANK YOU FOR
YOUR LEADERSHIP
AND YOUR TIME ON THE COMMITTEE
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP IS SANDY FOLLOWED BY
JASMINE SMITH AND ORALEE ROSE.
>> HI.
I'M SANDY WITH TREE ACTION
SEATTLE. AS JESSICA TOLD YOU
TODAY
TWO HEALTHY NATIVE WESTERN RED
CEDARS GROWING ON THE
EDGE OF THE LOT, ALMOST IN THE
PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ACTUALLY,
WERE
REMOVED FOR A TOWN HOME COMPLEX.
THEIR NUMBERS WILL BE ADDED
TO THE 6,923 TREES REMOVED SINCE
2024.
OVER HALF WERE HEALTHY TREES
REMOVED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
70% HAVE TRUNKS OVER A FOOT IN
DIAMETER.
WE WILL BE SENDING YOU GREEN
FACTOR AMENDMENTS.
WE'VE WORKED ON WITH FUTURE
WISE.
THEY ARE ENTIRELY INCENTIVE
BASED, SO I HOPE YOU
WILL CONSIDER THESE AND PASS
THEM.
BUT INCENTIVES ARE NOT ENOUGH.
AT A CERTAIN POINT WE HAVE
TO LOOK AROUND AT OTHER CITIES
AND
ASK WHY SEATTLE'S URBAN FOREST
POLICIES ARE SO DIFFERENT AND
WHY WE ARE MOVING SO QUICKLY
TOWARD ALLOWING 100% HARD
SCAPE WHERE HUMANS LIVE.
NEW YORK CITY JUST RELEASED
THEIR URBAN FOREST PLAN.
IT INCLUDED OVER 7,000
INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS FROM THE
COMMUNITY.
IT PUTS ALL OF THEIR TREES UNDER
ONE MANAGER, AND IT DOES NOT
ESSENTIALLY
DISTINGUISH PROTECTION BETWEEN
PRIVATE
AND PUBLIC TREES.
THIS IS THE FUTURE THAT WE WANT
TO STEP INTO.
PLEASE USE THIS ONCE IN A DECADE
OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OTHER
PROGRESSIVE CITIES IN
PRESERVING AND GROWING OUR TREE
CANOPY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'M NOT USED TO THIS MIC.
MY NAME IS JASMINE SMITH.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF
LOCAL ADVOCACY AT FUTURE WISE
AND
A RESIDENT OF LOWER QUEEN ANNE
AND CO- CHAIR OF THE COMPLETE
COMMUNITIES COALITION.
FROM TINY TOWNS OF 800 TO CITIES
OF 800,000 AND ANYWHERE IN
BETWEEN FUTURE
WISE BELIEVES THAT THE ELEMENTS
OF A STRONG,
RESILIENT COMMUNITY
ARE ALL THE
SAME. YOU SHOULD HAVE A
HEALTHY HOME WHERE YOU CAN
AFFORD TO
LIVE, WHERE YOU CAN WALK, BIKE
AND
RIDE TRANSIT TO GET TO WHERE YOU
NEED TO GO AND ACCESS LOCAL
FOOD FROM LOCAL FARMS AND LOVE
THE
STUNNING LANDS THAT WE
SHARE WITH WILDLIFE, WHICH MAY
LOOK
DIFFERENT FOR A CITY OF
SEATTLE'S SIZE BUT THE MISSION
IS CLEAR.
THE FOURTH FASTEST GROWING
CITY IN THE COUNTRY AND THE ONE
SERVING AS REFUGE FOR
PEOPLE ESCAPING CLIMATES BOTH
ENVIRONMENTAL AND
SOCIAL, WE HAVE TO BUILD TALLER,
DENSER
AND
FASTER. WE NEED TO HAVE THE
FULLEST PICTURE OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS AND HOW WE ARE ALSO
ABLE TO IMPROVE THINGS FOR
THE ENVIRONMENT BY HAVING
TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND
WALKABLE COMMUNITIES AND DO
SO IN A WAY THAT'S GREEN FOR
OUR EMERALD CITY AND CONTINUE
TO GROW THAT TRANSIT ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY THAT WE ARE
ING BOTH
SEATTLEITES FROM YESTERYEAR THAT
HAVE HAD
TO MOVE AS WELL AS THE ONES
THAT LIVE HERE TODAY AND THE
ONES
THAT WANT TO COME BACK AND
THE ONES THAT WANT TO JOIN US
AND
LIVE IN THIS EMERALD CITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE
ENOUGH HOUSING AT AFFORDABLE
RATES THAT PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE
TO LIVE
IN THEIR HOMES, HAVE A ROOF
OVER THEIR HEADS.
THEY AREN'T RISKING BEING
DISPLACED TO DIFFERENT
CITIES, DIFFERENT TOWNS, OR TO
OUR
STREETS.
AND THE IMPACT THAT HAS.
THANK YOU FOR WORKING
TALLER, DENSER AND FASTER SO
THAT WE CAN
HAVE A WASHINGTON FOR ALL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE ORALEE ROSE.
>> HELLO.
IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN
TODAY.
OH, MY NAME IS ORALEE ROSE AND I
LIVE IN THE THIRD DISTRICT.
I'VE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE
TIMES, AND ALL THE WHILE I'VE
BEEN
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO PROVE TO YOU THAT WE ARE
BEING SPIED ON BECAUSE NONE OF
THIS MAKES A DIFFERENCE IF WE
ARE
RUINING OUR LAND AND SPYING ON
PEOPLE, RIGHT?
SO I GOT AN FOIA FROM THE
EFF, AND THEY DETERMINED
CONTERRA ULTRA BROAD BAND IS
INDEED
SPYING ON US.
NOT ONLY THAT, DO THEY HAVE
THE EQUIPMENT HERE TO SPY ON US?
THEY SPY ON MULTIPLE OF US
AT ONCE AND WITH THIS
COMMITMENT THEY RELEASE
PLUTONIUM,
RADIATION, IONIZING RADIATION.
DO YOU
KNOW WHAT IONIZING
RADIATION DOES?
THEY LEARNED IN THE '50s IT
CONTROLS PEOPLE.
SO I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT
FOIA IS OUT.
I GREW UP HERE, I'M NATIVE, AND
I'VE BEEN A PARK OF THE
MUCKELSHOOT.
I LOVE THIS LAND.
MY GRANDMA USED TO TELL ME ABOUT
THE OTTAWA WHO WE'RE A PART OF,
TOO, AND HOW THEY TRAVELED
DOWN TO OKLAHOMA.
I LOVE THIS LAND.
I REALLY DO.
I WALK OUTSIDE AND I SEE
THE GRASS AND I THANK
GOD. I WAS IN MEDITATION AND I
SWEAR
THAT JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF TOLD
ME TO COME DOWN HERE AND
PRESENT IT TO YOU.
NOT THAT I THINK YOU'LL
CARE, BUT FOR SOME REASON HE
DOES.
SO I'M PRESENTING IT TO YOU.
THERE IS ACTUAL EVIDENCE OUT
NOW. THERE'S AN FOIA STATING
THEY
INJECTED ME AT 14 YEARS OLD --
14-YEAR- OLD LITTLE GIRL --
THEY INJECTED ME WITH ISOTOPES.
MY TIME IS DONE.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT, IT'S YOUR
FAULT!
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT MAD AT YOU.
OBVIOUSLY YOU WEREN'T HERE.
YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
IT.
TWO YEARS I'VE BEEN COMING BACK
AND I FINALLY HAVE THE PROOF, I
MEAN HARD- CORE PROOF.
MOVE
YOUR ASSES. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S OUR LAST IN- PERSON
SPEAKER. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS STARTING
WITH
ALBERTO ALVAREZ.
>> THANK YOU.
HOW CAN WE TRUST TODAY'S PUBLIC
COMMENTS.
COUNCIL HAS A LEGAL OBLIGATION
TO UPHOLD THE FIRST AMENDMENT
AND TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM OF
SPEECH USING NO RACIAL SLURS OR
DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE,
HOWARD GAYLE VOICED HIS OPINION.
COUNCIL THEN ISSUED THREATS AND
BANNED HIM FROM
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR COMMENT
CRITICIZING
POLITICIANS ON COUNCIL.
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AND
NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE ARE
FUNDAMENTAL TO OUR FREEDOMS.
CRITICIZING A POLITICIAN
WHILE NOT DENIGRATING RACE,
GENDER,
ETHNICITY, IS ALL
LEGALLY PROTECTED IN OUR
SOCIETY.
YOU SHOULD WRITE AN APOLOGY AND
COUNCIL MUST AMEND THE RULES
THAT ALLOW IRRITABLE AND
VINDICTIVE MEMBERS TO
BAN PEOPLE FOR STATEMENTS THEY
DON'T LIKE. YOU MAY NOT LIKE
IT, BUT THAT IS THE HARSH TRUTH
NEEDED
TO MAINTAIN OUR PERSONAL
FREEDOMS
AND OUR POWER TO HOLD GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABLE. THANK YOU ALL AND
HAVE A
GOOD DAY.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE CARTER
NELSON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR LIN
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
CARTER NELSON ON BEHALF
OF WASHINGTON STATE,
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE
DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTING INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONALS DELIVERING MUCH OF
THE MARKET
MULTIFAMILY HOUSING THIS CITY
NEEDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND FOCUS
ON HOUSING.
WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THE
MAYOR'S
TALLER, DENSER, FASTER PROPOSAL.
IT MOVES TO A MORE AMBITIOUS FOR
GROWTH.
AS PHASE TWO WORK IS UNDER
WAY AND PHASE THREE APPROACHES,
WE
SUPPORT THE JOINT
RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY TO
HELP KEEP
THAT MOMENTUM MOVING.
LOOKING AHEAD WE WOULD
WELCOME ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL
CENTERS
AND A BOLDER VISION FOR
GROWTH TO BE ADEQUATELY STUDIED
SO THAT
IN THE FUTURE COUNCIL HAS A
FULL SUITE OF POLICY OPTIONS TO
ADDRESS THE CITY'S
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY
CHALLENGES.
AS SEATTLE CONTINUES TO GROW
WE NEED TO BE ADDING MORE HOMES
AND
EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS TO
BETTER SERVE CURRENT AND
FUTURE RESIDENTS FOCUSING ON
GROWTH
AND DENSER AREAS NEAR TRANSIT
IS ONE OF THE CLEAREST WAYS TO
REDUCE
SPRAWL, SUPPORT CLIMATE
GOALS AND MAKE THE CITY
MORE ACCESSIBLE AND CONNECTED.
WE APPRECIATE THE
THOUGHTFUL APPROACH YOU'VE
TAKEN
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
OUR MEMBERS STAND READY
TO STAY ENGAGED AND MAKE IT
EASIER TO HOUSING AND MAKE
SEATTLE A MORE
LIVABLE AND ATTAINABLE CITY FOR
ALL.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE RUTH
WILLIAMS.
>> HELLO?
>> HELLO.
>> HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I AM RUTH WILLIAMS SPEAKING AS A
RESIDENT OF D- 5 CONCERNING
RESOLUTION 32183.
HOW IS THIS RESOLUTION GOING
TO LIMIT EXPENSE AND
DISPLACEMENT
NOW?
IN WHAT WAY IS IT SUSTAINABLE?
TREE REMOVALS AND EXCESSIVE
PAYMENT WILL HAVE POOR AIR
QUALITY, DAMAGE TO
OUR MANAGEMENT ZONES AND TO
BOTH FRESH AND MARINE BODIES.
THE RESULT WILL BE HELPING
TO KEEP CERTAIN SALMON RECOVERY
ON
HOLD, THE LARGEST IN SEATTLE,
AND RESIDENT ORCAS ARE
IN CONTINUED PERIL.
LET'S NOT DO THE SAME THINGS
AND
EXPECT A DIFFERENT RESULT.
BUILDING BIGGER WILL
REQUIRE US TO KEEP HANDING THE
WINNING
CARDS TO THE CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY.
SUCCESS IS GOING TO REQUIRE
A NEW KIND OF CREATIVITY.
WHAT IF WE STRIVE TO KEEP MORE
OF THE CASH IN THE COMMUNITY?
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SEATTLE
CITY TRANSFER
DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS THAT WOULD
ALLOW THE OWNER OF ONE
PROPERTY TO SELL
THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS TO A
BUILDER
WHO HAS THE WHEREWITHAL TO
BUILD BIGGER WHILE PUTTING SOME
DOLLARS IN THE HOMEOWNER'S
POCKET, AVOIDING
DISPLACEMENT AND POSSIBLY SAVING
A
LANDSCAPED YARD.
WHY AREN'T WE CONSIDERING
THE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST MODEL
WHERE THE LAND IS OWNED BY A
NONPROFIT
AND RESIDENTS PAY ONLY FOR THE
HOMES.
STRONGTOWNS.ORG HAS A HOST OF
RESOURCES FOR INCREASING
DENSITY WHILE KEEPING CASH IN
THE COMMUNITY AND STOPPING
DISPLACEMENT.
WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR.
LET'S TRY SOME NEW IDEAS.
I HAVE SENT YOU SOME LINKS AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
TODAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE IRENE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS
IRENE IN D-6.
I URGE YOU TO REJECT 32203.
TO SWEEP EVEN MORE OF THE
STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS INTO THIS
UPZONING
FRENZY, THE CITY'S DATA
SHOWS CURRENT CAPACITY TO ADD
OVER
163,000 ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL
UNITS FORE AN ANTICIPATED
GROWTH IN POPULATION OF 228,000
BUT THE
ONE SEATTLE PLAN CALLS FOR
RADICALLY MORE UPZONES 330,000
UNITS, LESS THAN ONE PERSON PER
UNIT.
WHERE DO THESE ESTIMATES COME
FROM?
THE OFFICIAL HOUSING TARGET
FOR SEATTLE FROM KING COUNTY WAS
FOR
112,000 UNITS BETWEEN 2019
AND 2044 AND OUR GROWTH RATE
HAS SINCE SLOWED.
CONCERNING UPZONING
ALONG FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES
THE MAPPING AND LANGUAGE IN THE
DIRECTOR'S REPORT IS CONFUSING.
WE NEED CLEAR MAPS THAT SHOW ALL
AREAS BOTH INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE THE CENTERS CENTERS LOTS
WILL
BE SUBJECT TO INCREASE IN
HEIGHT AND DENSITY.
THE ALLEGED GOAL IS TO
REDUCE HOUSING COSTS ESPECIALLY
FOR THE
SO-CALLED RENT BURDENED,
BUT
THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS PLAN
THAT WILL ACCOMPLISH THE GOAL.
MERELY ALLOWING
MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO RANDOMLY
DEMOLISH EXISTING
HOUSING INCLUDING MUCH OF
SEATTLE'S REMAINING RENTAL
HOUSING SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES
AND
REPLACE IT WITH MORE BUT NOT
AFFORDABLE AND CERTAINLY LESS
HOUSING IS NOT THE
ANSWER. PER THE HOUSING UNIT
GROWTH
REPORT I RECEIVED FROM OPCD
YESTERDAY, BETWEEN 2016 AND 2025
135,4787 HOUSING UNITS HAVE
BEEN BUILT, ARE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
OR HAVE PERMITS.
HAS THIS BROUGHT DOWN THE COST
OF
HOUSING?
NO. WE NEED A RATIONAL PLAN THAT
FOCUSES ON LIVEABILITY,
PROMOTING HOME OWNERSHIP
OVER RENTAL UNITS, PROTECTING
THE ENVIRONMENT AND
IZING NEW HOUSING WHERE CURRENT
ZONING IS UNDERUTILIZED.
ONE SEATTLE PLAN SHOULD BENEFIT
EVERYONE.
>> THANK YOU, IRENE.
NEXT UP WE HAVE TRISH STANLEY.
SORRY, SHANLEY.
>> HI.
MY NAME IS TRISH SHANLEY AND I
HAVE THREE COMMENTS
ABOUT THE FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTE
ZONING.
THE FIRST IS OPCD'S
PRESENTATION TODAY DOES NOT
DEPICT THE
FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTE
ZONING EVEN ON THEIR PAGE TWO
GROWTH
STRATEGY.
OPCD INCLUDES FREQUENT
TRANSIT DENSITY ALONG WITH OTHER
UPZONING SO WE CAN HAVE
ACCURATE PICTURE OF THE TOTAL
ZONINGZONING
ALSO OPCD NEEDS TO INCLUDE MAPS
SHOWING WHAT THE
CURRENT FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTE
ZONING IS
AND WHAT THE EXPANDED
QUARTER MILE AND HALF- MILE
FREQUENT
TRANSIT ROUTE ZONING WOULD LOOK
LIKE AND HOW MUCH THAT
WOULD COVER SEATTLE.
THE SECOND IS ZONING
GUIDES DEVELOPMENT TO WHAT WE
WANT TO
SEE. SO MY QUESTION IS WHAT DOES
THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WANT TO
SEE?
DO THEY WANT TO SEE WALKABLE
NEIGHBORHOODS, OR DO THEY
WANT TO SEE SPRAWL ALONG
ARTERIALS?
CURRENT ECONOMIC NUMBERS LOOK
LIKE THE SEATTLE IS HEADED
FOR AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
MUCH OF THIS ZONING MIGHT NOT
GET BUILT.
SO YOU SHOULD THINK
CAREFULLY WHERE THEY WANT
DEVELOPMENT THE
MOST, ARTERIALS OR CENTERS?
AND MY LAST COMMENT
IS NO TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE
ON FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES'
IMPACT
ON OUR ARTERIAL COMMUTE TIME.
ARTERIAL'S FIRST PRIORITY,
I WOULD THINK, ARE FOR MOVING
TRAFFIC. IF DENSITY ALONG
ARTERIALS WAS
AA GOOD IDEA, THEN WE WOULD SEE
I-
5 LINED WITH APARTMENT
BUILDINGS AND BUSINESS,
DRIVEWAYS,
GARAGES AND PARKING.
PART OF A LIVABLE CITY IS
FUNCTIONING ARTERIALS THAT ALLOW
REASONABLE COMMUTE TIMES.
THE CITY NEEDS TO INCLUDE THE
TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS
OF FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES
ON ARTERIAL FLOW IN PART OF THE
NEW
EIF. IN CONCLUSION, I REQUEST
THE CITY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY
WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE AND HOW
THEY WANT IT TO FUNCTION.
DO THEY WANT WALKABLE CENTERS OR
SPRAWL, AND DO THEY WANT
SMOOTH FLOWING ARTERIALS --
>> THANK YOU, TRISH.
NEXT UP WE HAVE PETER MANNING.
>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES.
>> HELLO?
HEY. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY
COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS PETER MANNING.
I AM PRESIDENT OF THE --
I'M CALLING IN BECAUSE IT'S
COME TO
MY KNOWLEDGE THAT OUR
MAYOR WILSON IS ONCE AGAIN DONE
WHAT
OTHER MAYORS HAVE DONE TO THE
BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITY,
MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT HAVING TO
SET
THE TABLE. NOW HOW CAN YOU HAVE
A CONVERSATION ABOUT US
WITHOUTWITHOUT
IS THE QUESTION?
I SUPPORTED KATIE WILSON IN THE
BEGINNING.
I THOUGHT KATIE WILSON WAS
DIFFERENT, BUT KATIE WILSON IS
COMING OFF AS IF SHE
DOESN'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE OR
BROWN
PEOPLE.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THIS
MAYOR.
WHY IS IT YOU DON'T INCLUDE US?
DO YOU NOT VALUE US AND WHAT WE
STAND FOR AND WHAT WE REPRESENT?
ARE WE NOT SEATTLEITES?
ARE WE NOT HUMAN BEINGS?
DO WE NOT DESERVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE
ABOUT WHAT
GOES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS?
THE SAME GENTRIFICATION WE DEALT
WITH IN THE CENTRAL
DISTRICT, NOW YOU'RE INFLICTING
THE SAME
THING ON US IN THE SOUTH.
AND, KATIE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO
HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
CITY
COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES.
DAVID, PLEASE PRESS -- YOU GOT
IT.
>> HI, THANK YOU.
DAVID HAYNES.
THE LANDLORDS ON THE COUNCIL
SABOTAGE THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN, SELF-INTEREST THAT HAVE
UNDERMINED THE EFFORTS
TO ALLEVIATE THE SUPPLY AND
DEMAND
SQUEEZE AND THE LACK OF
QUALITATIVE HOUSING OF WHICH,
BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTIONS
PUT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BY
THE LANDLORDS ON THE COUNCIL,
TWO
OF THE LANDLORDS WERE LITERALLY
NOT EVEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE
AND YET THE ETHICS BOARD, WHO
HAS BEEN BROWBEAT BY CERTAIN
COUNCILMEMBERS WHO
ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT ALL OF
THEIR
SELF-DEALING, HAS PRETTY
MUCH CAPITULATED THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY AND NEED TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE FACT WE NEED TO PURGE
ALL OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND
THE SABOTAGING WEAPONIZING
POLICIES
THAT ARE PURPOSELY KEPT ON --
PURPOSELY MAKING PEOPLE LIVE IN
THE WORST LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT MORE MORE
NEIGHBORHOODS, ACTING
LIKE YOU'RE DOING PEOPLE A
FAVOR,
FORCING THEM TO REPEAT
THE HISTORY OF LIVING IN WHAT
WOULD
BE CONSIDERED A MODERN
THIRD WORLD INNER CITY ON THE
SIDE
OF THE BUS PARKING LOT ANDAND
TRAIN, HORN HONKING
AND SCREECHING ITS BRAKES, WITH
NO NOISE ABATEMENT WALLS,
ECHOING
THROUGH YOUR CHEAP, LOW-
QUALITY BUILDING THAT'S NO
HIGHER
THAN FOUR TO SIX STORIES BECAUSE
MOST
OF THE POLITICALLY CONNECTED
NONPROFITS ARE UNQUALIFIED TO
GO ANY HIGHER THAN THAT, AND
IT ALSO HELPS THE LANDLORDS WHO
ARE
ON THE COUNCIL SELL THEIR REAL
ESTATE LIKE IF YOU WANT A
$700,000 SECOND MORTGAGE
AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FLIP IT,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SABOTAGE
THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MAKE
SURE NOBODY BUILDS BACK ANYTHING
BETTER, THAT EVERYTHING IS
KEPT UNDER SIX STORIES.
AND YOU ALL ARE CHEATING
THE NEXT 20 YEARS OF WORKING
CLASS
RENTERS AND HOME BUYERS OUT OF
A BETTER CHOICE IN HOME AND REAL
EQUITY AND TANKING THE WHOLE
THING WITH RACISMS AND
PERVERSIONS AS IF THAT CAN
DISTRACT FROM THE FACT
YOU'RE STILL BACK STABBING
THE INTEGRITY OF THE
COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
ALL THOSE UNDERMINING EFRLTS
FORTS
OF BRUCE HARRELL --
>> UP NEXT WE HAVE RUBY.
>> MY NAME IS RUBY HOLLAND.
WE NEED A STRONG
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT PLAN WHERE WE
CAN AGE IN PLACE IN OUR HOMES
LIKE WE WERE PROMISED.
THOSE PROPOSED THUS FAR
ARE GROSSLY INADEQUATE AND
UNTRUE.
THE CLOSED DOOR MEETING THAT
WAS HELD WAS UNFAIR AND I
SUSPECT CONSISTED OF WAYS TO
SCAM US OUT
OF OUR LOTS LIKE HARRELL DID.
NEWBIES TO SEATTLE WANT TO TEAR
OUR CITY AND MAKE IT LOOK
LIKE NEW YORK, WHICH IS
VERY DENSE AND VERY
UNAFFORDABLE.
PLEASE EMBRACE HB 1110 FOR A
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTAL
FRIENDLY GROWTH.
COUNCILMEMBER LIN, HOW WILL YOU
CONTAIN THE HOME INVASIONS THAT
ARE SURE TO RESUME IN
YOUR DISTRICT WITH ADDITIONAL
UPZONING IN ORDER TO GET US
OUT OF OUR LOTS?
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE MIKE.
>> ALL RIGHT. YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MIKE
WITH
EMERALD CITY COLLECTIVE AND
SHOCK
AS
KIDS. I ECHO MR. MANNING'S
STATEMENT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN
THE GENTRIFICATION HAPPENED,
MY GRANDFATHER CAME HERE IN THE
1950s.
HE WAS A MILITARY POLICE ARMY.
MY GRANDMOTHER.
MY DAD CAME FROM EAST TEXAS.
HE CAME IN THE EARLY '60s.
BLACK PEOPLE COULD NOT BUY
HOMES IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT.
THAT WAS -- THEY WERE
UPROOTED AND IT WAS TAKEN AWAY.
WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN
THE SOUTH END WITH THE BRAND-
NEW
RAINER BEACH AND WE SEE THINGS
CHANGING.
THIS IS ABOUT BLACK -- NOT
AFRICAN AMERICAN --
BLACK, DESCENDENTS OF SLAVES.
WE WERE HERE FIRST.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON
WITH THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT
TRULY NEEDS TO BE ABOUT BLACK
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, BLACK
WORKERS AND
BLACK. BLACK NEEDS TO BE TAKEN
CARE
OF FIRST AND NOT LEFT BEHIND.
WE'RE GETTING MIXED UP TOO
MUCH WITH OTHER NATIONALITIES
AND
RACES. I'M SPEAKING AS A BLACK
MAN.
I'M SPEAKING FOR THE BLACK MEN
OF THE
CITY. WE NEED TO HAVE
SOMETHING ENSURED THAT BLACK
DOES NOT GET
LEFT BEHIND.
AND, YOU KNOW, I SUPPORTED KATIE
AS WELL.
SHE HAS THE BLACK SMALL
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE.
THAT WAS TWO MONTHS AGO.
THERE AIN'T NOTHING CAME
UP ABOUT IT.
I HAVE A LOCATION, WAITING
FOR FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF
SEATTLE.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE HOLDS ME AND
THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN GENERAL.
THE CITY NEEDS TO
TAKE A DIFFERENT APPROACH WHEN
IT
COMES TO THIS HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S TIME TO BAN
ENCAMPMENTS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
IT'S TIME FOR TOUGH LOVE.
IT'S TIME TO QUIT BEING WEAK
AND
IT'S TIME TO SHOW THE
WORLD, SHOW THE COUNTRY, THAT WE
ARE NOT GOING TO DEAL WITH IT.
THERE'S CITIZENS AND KIDS WE
NEED
TO THINK ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT
BLACK.
THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE PATRICK
TAYLOR.
>> HI, MY NAME IS PATRICK
TAYLOR. I'M A HOMEOWNER AND
FOCUSED ON
HOUSING AND FORESTRY PROJECTS.
I'M CALLING IN TO SUPPORT THE
MAYOR'S PLAN TO GO
DENSER, TALLER AND FASTER.
WE ARE IN A HOUSING
AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, NOT
ENOUGH
HOUSING, NOT ENOUGH
PLACES. MORE HOUSING MEANS
CHEAPER
HOUSING.
DEVELOPERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO
RAISE RENT TO THE
CURRENT SURPLUS OF APARTMENTS,
COTTAGE HOUSES SELLING FOR LESS
THAN EXISTING HOUSES.
THE BEST THING IS BUILD
WITHIN EXISTING URBAN AREAS.
PLEASE STUDY THE WIDER STREAM OF
OPTIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A
PLEA TO GO FASTER.
THE PROCESS IS EXHAUSTING.
YOU'VE HEARD EVERY VERSION OF
EVERY OPINION IN THE CITY.
WE'VE HAD AN ELECTION.
THE CITY HAD A CHOICE AND
THE MAYOR'S MESSAGE OF GO BIG
AND
GO FAST WON.
NO ONE EXCEPT OPCD AND A FEW
RETIRED LIKE GOING
TO MEETING AFTER MEETING AFTER
MEETING.
PEOPLE WANT TO BE WITH THEIR
FAMILIES, THEIR
FRIENDS, WATCHING REALITY TV,
ANYTHING BUT BEING HERE WHILE
WAITING
TO TESTIFY AT ANOTHER PUBLIC
MEETING. NOW IS THE TIME FOR
LEADERS TO
LEAD.
PLEASE PASS THE FINAL PHASE
OF THE PLAN AS QUICKLY ASAS
AND BEFORE THE END OF 2027, FOUR
YEARS AFTER THE PROCESS STARTED.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE AARON.
AARON, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6.
>> CAN YOU HEAR MEME NOW?
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR LIN
AND MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE
COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS AARON AND I SERVE
AS THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE WITH
GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND WE BUILD
BACK BETTER ALLIANCE.
I'M HERE TO STAND TODAY WITH
THE CONCERNS RAISED BY OUR
PRESIDENT CEO REGARDING
TRANSPARENCY,
INCLUSION AND MEANINGFUL
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN
SEATTLE'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
PROCESS.
THE WE BUILD BACK BETTER
ALLIANCE REPRESENTS MORE THAN
110 COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS
WASHINGTON
STATE. THESE ARE VOICES OF
RESIDENTS, SMALL BUSINESSES,
PROVIDERS, ADVOCATES AND
COMMUNITY
LEADERS WHO UNDERSTAND FIRSTHAND
HOW IT
AFFECTS FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS
AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
SEATTLE HAS A LONG HISTORY
OF RED LINING DISPLACEMENT
AND INCLUSION.
BECAUSE OF THAT HISTORY
EQUITY MUST BE MORE THAN A
STATEMENT. BE REFLECTED IN WHO
IS INVITED TO THE PROCESS, WHO
WILL SHAPE THE OUTCOMES AND WHO
HOLDS
POWER AND DECISIONS THAT
IMPACT HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED
COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE NOT HERE TO HAVE
OTHERS SPEAK FOR US.
WE ARE HERE TO SPEAK FOR
OURSELVES.
OUR COMMUNITY
DESERVES A PROCESS THAT IS
TRANSPARENT,
ACCOUNTABLE AND
GROUNDED IN THE MOST IMPACTED
PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE PAULA.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
PAULA --
GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND MEMBERS OF
THE
COMMITTEE.
THE PRESIDENT OF ETHNIC
GLOBAL STRATEGIES AND FOUNDER OF
THE
WBBA. I'M CALLING TODAY TO
VOICE
MY VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS
REGARDING THE LACK OF
TRANSPARENCY AND
INCLUSION SURROUNDING THE
SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
PROCESS. SEATTLE HAS A WELL-
DOCUMENTED
HISTORY OF RED LINING
DISPLACEMENT AND
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
BLACK COMMUNITIES AND OTHER
RESIDENTS WHO HAVE
BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED.
TODAY IN 2026 WHERE WE'RE
SEEING
AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THE
FEDERAL LEVEL, WE CONTINUE
TO WITNESS PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE
MOST IMPACTED, PARTICULARLY
BLACK SEATTLEITES BEING ROLLED
BACK.
IT'S UNFATHOMABLE TO ME
AND MY COMMUNITY AS THE CITY OF
SEATTLE
CLAIMS ITSELF TO BE, THOSE
IN POSITIONS OF POWER WOULD
BE HOLDING CLOSED DOOR
MEETINGS, MAKING SECRET
DECISIONS THAT
IMPACT GENERATIONS OF
FAMILIES WHILE DENYING ACCESS TO
THIS
PROCESS.
ONCE AGAIN YOU'VE MADE
A DECISION TO EXCLUDE THOSE
WHOSE VOICES YOU DON'T CARE TO
HEAR
FROM THE TABLE.
IT'S CLEAR THAT THE PLAN
DOES NOT ADEQUATELY KEEP
FAMILIES
TOGETHER, THAT THERE'S
DISPLACEMENT FOR
BLACK COMMUNITIES AND THOSE THAT
ARE
UNDERSERVED. THERE AREN'T
ADEQUATE RENTAL
PROTECTIONS.
YOU ARE PROMOTING URBAN SPRAWL.
TODAY WE DIDN'T COME TO ASK YOU
POLITELY FOR INCLUSION.
THOSE DAYS ARE PAST. WE ARE HERE
TO DEMAND A MORE
EQUITABLE PROCESS OF THE PEOPLE,
BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED IN
THE
CITY.
EQUITY CAN NO LONGER BE A
SLOGAN THAT YOU WHIP OUT EVERY
FOUR YEARS AND YOU WANT TO GET
ELECTED.
IT MUST BE REFLECTED IN YOUR
PROCESS, IN YOUR
PARTICIPATION, AND IN THE POWER.
WE THANK YOU
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH THE COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS.
>> OKAY.
THANK YOU, ALL.
AS THERE ARE NO REGISTERED
SPEAKERS, WE WILL PROCEED TO
BUSINESS.
WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM ONE
INTO THE RECORD.
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, RESOLUTION
32203, A RESOLUTION RELATED
TO FURTHER ADVANCING THE GOAL
OF THE ONE SEATTLE
PLAN, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN,
DIRECTING THE OFFICE OF PLANNING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP
PROPOSED
CHANGES TO ZONING AND
DEVELOPMENT
STANDARDS, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
AMENDMENTS
TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
HOUSING.
>> THANK YOU.
AND OPCD AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE ARE JOINING US AT THE
TABLE
AND ONCE READY CAN YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELVES?
>> GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M GEOFF
WENTLANDT AT
THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
>> I'M MICHAEL --
IT IS
ON. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MICHAEL HUBNER, LONG-
RANGE PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE
OFFICE
OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT.
>> HB
HARPER, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> I'M ALEX HUDSON.
I SERVE AS THE SENIOR POLICY
ADVISER ON TRANSPORTATION AND
LIVEABILITY IN THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
I THINK IT WOULD BE EASIEST
IF WE HOLD OUR QUESTIONS UNTIL
THE
END, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
THANK YOU.
>> OKAY.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON,
COUNCILMEMBERS.
WE HAVE SOME SLIDES TO GIVE
YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THIS
PROPOSED JOINT RESOLUTION, AND
I'LL
TAKE YOU THROUGH THAT.
AND WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS
BY MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE
PANEL UP
HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY AT THE
OUTSET THIS IS A LITTLE BIT -- A
LITTLE BIT WONKY.
THERE'S A LOT OF
PLANNING TERMINOLOGY IN HERE.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO
USE WAYS TO MAKE THIS
RELATABLE TO PEOPLE'S EVERYDAY
LIVES
ABOUT FINDING A HOME THAT'S
AFFORDABLE TO THEM.
SO THE BACKGROUND HERE IS THAT
LAST DECEMBER YOU ALL ADOPTED
A NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THAT'S THE CITY'S OVERARCHING
PLAN FOR GROWTH FOR A 20- YEAR
PERIOD, AND THERE WERE
SEVERAL THEMES IN THE PLAN, BUT
ONE
OF THE BIG THEMES WAS TO
EXPAND HOUSING SUPPLY AND
DIVERSITY IN
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THE CITY'S GROWTH
STRATEGY WHERE HOUSING AND JOBS
SHOULD
GO IS ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS THAT
WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT PLAN
AND THAT'S LARGELY DIRECTED
THROUGH OUR ZONING REGULATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LOT ABOUT
THAT TODAY.
I'M GOING TO SHOW SOME MAPS AS
WE GO.
LET'S SEE HERE.
OKAY.
SO WE HAD INITIALLY
BEEN THINKING OF FOUR PHASES
TO IMPLEMENT THE NEW COMP PLAN
WITH
ZONING CHANGES.
SO FOUR MAJOR PHASES WAS WHAT
THE PLANNING OFFICE WAS
THINKING WE WOULD DO.
YOU'VE ALREADY MADE A LOT OF
PROGRESS ON THOSE. SO BACK IN
DECEMBER WHEN
YOU ADOPTED THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN
YOU ALSO ADOPTED ZONING CHANGES
TO DO PHASE ONE, AND THAT WAS
TO UPDATE ZONING IN THE CITY,
THE
FORMER SINGLE FAMILY AREAS.
NOW THOSE AREAS ALL ALLOW
FOR MIDDLE HOUSING, AT LEAST
FOUR HOMES ON EACH LOT.
THAT LARGELY FOLLOWED THE STATE
LEGISLATION, HB 1110, WHICH
REQUIRES CITIES TO DO THAT. SO
YOU ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
THE NEXT PHASE, PHASE TWO,
YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW,
THAT'S THE CENTERS AND
CORRIDORS LEGISLATION, AS WE
CALL IT.
THAT FOCUSES MORE ZONING
CHANGES TO ALLOW APARTMENTS AND
CONDOMINIUMS IN 30
NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AROUND
THE CITY AS WELL AS ALONG
TRANSIT
CORRIDORS.
SO WE'RE WELL AWARE THAT YOU'RE
DEEP INTO THAT AND WORKING
ON THAT AS WE SPEAK.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO
BE TALKING WITH YOU ABOUT THE
PLAN FOR THE
NEXT PHASES.
SO WHEN YOU FINISH UP PHASE TWO,
WE WANT TO TURN THE
PAGE AND WORK ON THE NEXT PHASE.
WE WERE INITIALLY THINKING
THAT PHASE THREE WOULD BE A
LITTLE
NARROWER, THAT IT WOULD FOCUS ON
THE CITY'S DENSEST PLACES,
PLACES LIKE DOWNTOWN AND NEW
DISTRICT AND A SMALL
SELECTION OF A FEW CENTERS AND
WE
WOULD COMPLETE THAT LATE THIS
YEAR, EARLY NEXT.
WE WERE THINKING AFTER THAT
WE'D HAVE A WHOLE OTHER PHASE,
PHASE
FOUR, FOCUSED ON
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND
STATION
AREAS.
THAT PHASE WOULD HAVE
IMPLEMENTED THE TOD BILL
AS A LATER STEP DUE FOR CITIES
END
OF 2029.
WE WERE THINKING WE MIGHT
HAVE GOT IT DONE AROUND THE
MIDDLE OF
2028.
SO THIS WAS THE PLAN BEFORE
AND WHAT WE WANT TO TALK TO
YOU TODAY ABOUT IS HOW WE WANT
TO
UPDATE THIS PLAN FOR THE
NEXT PHASES AND GO TALLER,
DENSER,
FASTER BE A REALLY
EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
HOUSING EVEN MORE.
TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THAT
REFRESH, I'LL TURN IT OVER
TO ALEX FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN
OVERVIEW OF THE INTENT FOR
THE REFRESHED APPROACH.
>> THANK YOU.
IN APRIL THE MAYOR
INTRODUCED THE INTENTION TO
COMBINE PHASES
THREE AND FOUR INTO A
SINGLE SCOPE OF WORK,
THE TALLER, DENSER, FASTER
PHASE,
WHICH WOULD ALIGN WITH THE
MAYOR'S VISION OF ACCOMPLISHING
A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, INCREASING THE
AVAILABILITY OF ABUNDANT AND
AFFORDABLE
HOUSING.
WE KNOW THAT SEATTLEITES
ARE FACING AND TRYING TO SURVIVE
IN A SEVERE HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY
CRISIS.
AND BY ADDRESSING
THE CONSTRAINTS AROUND SUPPLY
QUICKLY, WE CAN BEGIN TO
BEND THE TREND ON THAT BY ADDING
ZONING CAPACITY FOR ALL KINDS
OF NEW HOUSING.
WE ALSO IN THE FRESH LOOK AND
A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
APPROACH WANTED TO PRIORITIZE
ADVANCING
THE ABILITY TO BRING
IN IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSE BILL
1491, WHICH IS A TRANSIT
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT BILL SOONER
THAN REQUIRED. WE ALSO ARE
HOPING TO CREATE
THE FOUNDATION FOR THRIVING
IN COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS BY
MAKING
SURE WE'RE PUTTING HOUSING NEAR
WHERE TRANSIT --
THEREFORE, HISTORICALLY WE HAVE
ALSO
PUT MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY
AMENITIES
SUCH AS PARKS, SCHOOLS AND
SHOPS, AND, VERY IMPORTANTLY
FOR THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, IS RESPONDING TO VERY
CONSISTENT FEEDBACK AND FACTS
AROUND PUTTING DENSE
HOUSING WHERE WE HAVE ARTERIALS
AND,
THEREFORE, EXPOSING HIGH
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE TO AIR
POLLUTION
AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH EFFECTS OF
THAT. SO TOGETHER THESE ARE THE
REASONS WHY WE WANTED TO
TAKE THIS FRESH APPROACH IN
A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LOOK TO THE
PROCESS.
WE ARE EAGER TO BE WORKING IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE
CITY COUNCIL HERE AS WELL AS
WITH
PUBLIC -- AS THE
DEPARTMENT MOVES FORWARD IN ITS
PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO DEVELOP
AND REFINE THESE CONCEPTS
AND LEGISLATION FOR YOUR
CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU, ALEX.
I JUST WANT TO
REITERATE, TOO,
THAT WE'RE SPEAKING A LOT ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, THE
MAYOR'S VISION KIND OF
REDIRECTING THE NEXT
PHASE, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL TO
WORK ON THAT SCOPE TOGETHER, AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY
TO
TALK ABOUT.
SO AS WE SHIFT GEARS A BIT, SOME
ADDITIONAL STUDY IS NEEDED,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO
TALK ABOUT HERE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL
AS THE PHASES ONE AND TWO THAT
WE SPOKE ABOUT, THOSE WERE
ESSENTIALLY COVERED
FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW BY AN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.
IT LOOKS AT ALL THE IMPACTS, ALL
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE
PHASES, BUT WE DIDN'T COVER
THE NEXT PHASES, SO WE NEED
TO DO THAT
NOW. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THOSE
IMPLICATIONS.
SO TO DO THAT WE WILL PREPARE
A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT, AND
THAT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT
BECAUSE
IT SETS THE RANGE OF WHAT YOU
ALL AS COUNCILMEMBERS CAN SORT
OF CHOOSE FROM AND LOOK AT.
WE STUDY THE IMPACTS IN A RANGE.
AND THE JOINT RESOLUTION
THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY
WILL
GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT WHAT
THAT RANGE SHOULD BE.
SO I'M GOING TO TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CURRENT
THINKING.
IT'S ALSO REFLECTED IN THE
RESOLUTION ABOUT WHAT WOULD
BE INCLUDED IN THE RANGE.
SO OPCD EXPECTS TO STUDY A RANGE
TO THE SCALE AND
GEOGRAPHIC EXTENT OF POSSIBLE
ZONING
CHANGES, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING
AT THREE TYPES OF PLACES IN THE
CITY. THESE PLACE TYPES ARE
BASICALLY WHAT IS VISIONED IN
THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN'S GROWTH
STRATEGY.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS OR REGIONAL
CENTERS, THESE ARE THE PLACES
YOU'VE
DEFINED IN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN.
SO THE BUILDING BLOCKS WILL
BE SOME POSSIBLE CHANGES
IN NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS,
REASONABLE NAL AND URBAN
CENTERS,
AND THE FREQUENT TRANSIT
CORRIDORS, WHICH ARE ALSO THOSE
HOUSE BILL
1491, THE TOD BILL AREAS.
SO I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU
THROUGH EACH OF THOSE BUILDING
BLOCKS.
FIRST WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS. AND JUST A QUICK
REMINDER
YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE MAP TO
THE RIGHT IN BLUE.
THESE ARE THE 30
NEW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS YOU
ADOPTED IN THE NEW COMP PLAN.
THESE ARE ENVISIONED AS
NICE, WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD
NODES
WHERE YOU CAN WALK TO A LOCAL
BUSINESS.
THEY ARE A THREE TO FOUR-
MINUTE WALK FROM THE BUSINESS
DISTRICT.
GENERALLY NOW WOULD ALLOW FOUR
TO SIX- STORY BUILDINGS WITH
THE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS
LEGISLATION.
AND THE FIRST THING THAT
WE'RE SURE WE WILL LOOK AT IN
THIS NEW
SCOPE ARE WHAT YOU ALREADY
ASKED US TO LOOK FOR, LOOK AT IN
COUNCIL RESOLUTION
32183 WHERE YOU ASKED US TO
REVIEW FOR NINE
POTENTIAL NEW
ENABLED CENTERS LISTED ON THE
LEFT AS WELL
AS SIX POTENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER EXPANSIONS THAT
ARE LISTED ON THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE MAP
IN ORANGE OR THE ORANGE HASH.
YOU'VE ASKED US TO STUDY AND
AS A PART OF TALLER, DENSER,
FASTER, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT EVEN
MORE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND
BRING THE NUMBER UP TO SOMEWHERE
IN THE BALLPARK OF 50 TOTAL
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS CITYWIDE
IN GREAT PLACES THAT WOULD MAKE
SENSE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN
THE SCOPE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS.
NEXT LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE REGIONAL AND
URBAN CENTERS. THESE ARE PLACES
THAT ARE
SEATTLE'S HIGHEST
DENSITY HOUSING AND JOB CENTERS,
SO PLACES LIKE THE U DISTRICT,
DOWNTOWN, NORTHGATE.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
YOU ADOPTED EXPANDED SIX CENTERS
AND
ADDED THE PINEHURST CENTER.
SO ZONING CHANGES FOR THOSE
PLACES, BUT SO FAR YOU
HAVEN'T MADE ADDITIONAL NEW
ZONING
CHANGES FOR OTHER REGIONAL
AND URBAN CENTERS, SO PLACES
LIKE
WALLINGFORD OR THE WEST
SEATTLE JUNCTION OR U
DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVEN'T
HAD
RECENT ZONING CHANGES.
WE WOULD STUDY POSSIBLE
ZONING CHANGES IN THOSE PLACES
AS A
PART OF THIS NEXT
PHASE. AND SOME OF THE PLANNING
OFFICE'S THINKING ON WHAT
THAT COULD BE IS SOME REAL
INCREASES IN DENSITY VERY CLOSE
TO
TRANSIT, MAYBE EVEN ALLOWING FOR
THINGS LIKE TOWERS IN PLACES
IN THE CITY THAT HAVEN'T HAD
TOWERS
BEFORE OR BRINGING PLACES
THAT ARE UNDERZONED, LIKE, TO
FIVE
STORIES UP TO SEVEN OR EIGHT
STORIES.
LASTLY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THE STATION AREAS AND
FREQUENT TRANSIT CORRIDORS, ALSO
THE TOD BILL AREAS.
WE ARE THINKING THAT WE
WOULD IMPLEMENT THE THE TOD BILL
EARLY AND
REALLY TEE UP SEATTLE TO BE
A LEADER STATEWIDE IN THE
SPACE AND CREATE TOD
NEIGHBORHOODS A
COUPLE YEARS EARLIER THAN
REQUIRED.
SO FOR 1491 IMPLEMENTATION, WHAT
THAT BILL DOES IS IT
REQUIRES ALL CITIES TO HAVE A
CERTAIN MINIMUM LEVEL OF
DENSITY NEAR THEIR BRT AND LIGHT
RAIL
STATIONS. THE MAP ON THIS SLIDE
IS SHOWING
YOU WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR
BRT STATION AREAS WHERE WE'VE
DONE
SOME MATH AND THE AREAS IN
GREEN ON THIS MAP ALREADY MEET
THETHE
STATE'S MINIMUM DENSITY
LEVEL, THE AREAS IN ORANGE DO
NOT.
THIS NEXT PHASE WOULD BRING THE
LEVELS UP TO GREEN AND QUALIFY.
THAT'S WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF
THE BRT STOPS AND WITHIN A
HALF MILE OF RAIL STATIONS.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THIS IS JUST
BRT LINES ON THIS MAP AND TO
SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS MAP
DOESN'T SHOW OTHER
FREQUENT TRANSIT ROUTES.
THERE ARE OTHERS NOT SHOWN HERE.
THIS
MAP DOESN'T SHOW LIGHT RAIL
STATIONS.
ESSENTIALLY THE NEXT PHASE WOULD
MEET AND EXCEED THE TOD
BILL REQUIREMENTS AND THE SCOPE
OF WHAT WOULD BE LOOKED AT IN
THE
SEIS.
AND SO THAT'S A SENSE OF AN
OVERVIEW OF WHAT OPCD AND
THE MAYOR ARE THINKING ARE IN
THE SCOPE AND I'M GOING TO TURN
IT OVER TO HB AND COUNCIL AND
HOW
IT'S DESCRIBED IN THE
RESOLUTION.
>> RESOLUTION 33203
ESSENTIALLY CAPTURES WHAT YOU
JUST HEARD AS
BEING THE RANGE OF WHAT WILL BE
STUDIED MOVING FORWARD IN
TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE POINT OF THAT IS REALLY
TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY
CLEAR BOTH INTERNALLY AND
EXTERNALLY WHAT THE CITY'S AIMS
ARE.
SO WE MADE SPECIAL EFFORT TO
EMPHASIZE THOSE IN RESOLUTION
32183 FROM DECEMBER BECAUSE
THAT CAPTURED THE COUNCIL'S
THINKING
AT THE TIME AND WE WANTED
TO
MAKE SURE THOSE IDEAS WERE
CARRIED FORWARD.
ADDITIONALLY, AND I THINK THIS
IS LIKELY INTUITIVE TO
ANYONE WHO WAS HERE LAST YEAR,
THE
THING WE WANT TO AVOID IS
COUNCIL BEING UNDULY LIMITED
OR CONSTRAINED ININ RANGE
OF CHOICES WHEN IT COMES TO
DECISION MAKING LATER IN THE
PROCESS.
MANY FACED SIGNIFICANT HURDLES
THAT WERE DIFFICULT TO JUMP WHEN
IT CAME TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN LAST YEAR DUE TO IT
NOT
CONTEMPLATED CONCEPTS
COUNCILMEMBERS WERE BRINGING
FORWARD.
SO IN TERMS OF THE CONTENT
OF THE RESOLUTION IT FIRST
STATES
THAT RESOLUTION 32183,
ANYWHERE THAT REQUIRED ANALYSIS,
WE
PUT THAT RIGHT UP FRONT THAT
HAPPENS
AND SECTION TWO IS REALLY
WHERE WHAT YOU HEARD IS FOUND
AND
THIS SECTION HAS THE COUNCIL
DIRECT
ING OPCD, WALKING
DISTANCE, FREQUENT TRANSIT,
THOSE CENTERS
THAT WE DISCUSSED
INCLUDING THOSE AS WELL AS THEIR
VERY
SMALL NUMBER STUDIED IN THE
2022 CIS SCOPING REPORT.
INTEREST
IN HAVING THOSE RESURRECTED FOR
STUDY.
NOT NECESSARILY FOR
DECISION MAKING AND TRANSIT
STATION
AREAS AS JEFF JUST DISCUSSED.
THERE'S A SECTION RELATED TO
ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S THE CITY COUNCIL
DIRECTING OPCD TO UNDERTAKE
ROBUST PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT THAT
SUPPORTS THE CITY COUNCIL'S
ABILITY ON ANY RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT COME OUT OF THIS WORK.
THIS RESOLUTION IS NOT ABOUT
POLICIES ARE GOING TO
BE PUT FORWARD, IT'S WHAT IS
STUDIED AND THE IMPORTANT
THINGTHING
BELIEVE AT THIS POINT THE CITY
COUNCIL HAS THE RANGE OF
THINGS THAT SHOULD BE STUDIED IN
THIS
RESOLUTION.
WITH THAT
I'LL HAND IT BACK TO MY
COLLEAGUES.
>> JUST A COUPLE MORE
QUICK POINTS AND THEN WE'LL WRAP
IT
UP HERE.
I WONDER, ALEX, WOULD
YOU LIKE TO TAKE A FIRST CUT AT
THIS
SLIDE?
>> YES, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
THE CITY IS VERY PROUD TO
HAVE IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME
MANY
STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS
DISPLACEMENT, TO PREVENT
DISPLACEMENT, TO BE PROACTIVELY
ANTI- DISPLACEMENT, AND
THOSE STRATEGIES ARE SHARED IN
THE VISION AND VALUES OF MAYOR
WILSON AND WISH TO BE
EXPRESSED IN THIS SCOPE AS WELL.
AND SO THE STRATEGIES
THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE AROUND
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES WHO ARE AT
RISK TO BE CONSULTED AND ADVISE
AND GUIDE THE CITY'S APPROACH
TO THIS WORK, THAT
ALTERNATIVES WILL INCORPORATE
DIFFERENT
APPROACHES TO ADDRESS
DISPLACEMENT PRESSURE,
SO CREATING OPTIONS FOR YOU AS
THE DECISION MAKERS AND
LEGISLATIVE BODY AROUND WHAT
THAT WILL LOOK
LIKE, AND, OF COURSE, TO
BE INCORPORATING MORE THAN
JUST PROCESS AND ALTERNATIVES
BUT
ACTUAL MITIGATION MEASURES
INCLUDING THE USE OF
ZONING TOOLS FOR YOUR DISCUSSION
AND
RECOMMENDATION.
>> AND, SO, LASTLY, JUST
SOME THOUGHTS ON THE TIME LINE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF
WORKING TOGETHER.
WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME TEAM
WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT THE SCOPE OF STUDY
SHOULD
BE.
WE'RE DEFINING THAT.
AND THE ORANGE BAR ON THIS SLIDE
IS SHOWING YOU THAT PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT WILL BE CONTINUOUS
THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS
INCLUDING OUR DISCUSSION TODAY
ABOUT THIS
JOINT RESOLUTION AND YOUR
WORK TO FINALIZE THE JOINT
RESOLUTION AND THEN OPCD WITH
COUNCIL
AND THE MAYOR WILL DO ENGAGEMENT
IN
A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FORMATS.
BUT THE BIGGEST WINDOW
FOR REALLY ROBUST PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT WILL COME AROUND THE
END OF
THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT WHEN WE
HAVE
RELEASED A DRAFT SUPPLEMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT AND THAT
DRAFT WILL HAVE ALTERNATIVES
FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON.
THERE WILL BE MAPS AND
DISPLACEMENT
STRATEGIES, MEASURES ABOUT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AND
TREES ANDAND
PUBLIC WILL HAVE A REALLY
BIG WINDOW TO COMMENT ON THAT
AND
WEIGH IN ESPECIALLY EARLY NEXT
YEAR.
AFTER THE CITY RELEASE AS
FINAL SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENT OUR
OFFICE WOULD DEVELOP THE
ZONING PROPOSAL AND MAYOR
WILSON'S
GOAL IS THAT ZONING PROPOSAL
COULD
BE BROUGHT TO YOU AND
POTENTIALLY ADOPTED BY THE END
OF 2027.
I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND SUPER
FAST, BUT THESE THINGS
DO TAKE TIME AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE
TO HAVE GOOD QUALITY ENGAGEMENT
AS WE GO.
I THINK THAT WRAPS UP OUR
SLIDES AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE
QUESTIONS OR HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS
OVERVIEW AND, COLLEAGUES,
I'LL STATE A COUPLE COMMENTS
BEFORE WE GET STARTED HERE.
A FEW THINGS FOR ME IT WAS THAT
WITH FOUR PHASES IT WAS REALLY
CONFUSING. AND SO I THINK PART
OF THIS
IS ALSO JUST TRYING TO SIMPLIFY
FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT THE NEXT
PHASE IS AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
THE
TALLER, DENSER, FASTER,
SIMPLER IS ALSO PART OF IT.
TRYING TO MAKE THIS
MORE UNDERSTANDABLE FORFOR
PUBLIC
BECAUSE OF THE CONFUSION AROUND
THE DIFFERENT PHASES.
AND PART OF THE IDEA
BEHIND HAVING THIS DISCUSSION
TODAY
IS ALSO AS WE WORK ON PHASE TWO
ON CENTERS AND
CORRIDORS AND WHAT CAN BE
AMENDED, WHAT WE'RE
FOCUSING ON NOW, IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND
WHAT'S COMING NEXT AND, YOU
KNOW,
AS WAS DISCUSSED, THERE WERE
LIMITS ON WHAT WE COULD DO
BECAUSE OF THE PRIOR
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.
THERE ARE LIMITS ON WHAT WE CAN
DO IN PHASE TWO BECAUSE OF
THAT PRIOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY
AND SO
SOME OF THE IDEAS THATTHAT
COLLEAGUES MIGHT WANT TO
INCLUDE MIGHT NEED TO BE A
PARTICIPATE
OF THIS PHASE -- PART OF THIS
PHASE, THE NEXT PHASE.
THAT'S PART OF THIS IDEA
OF TEEING UP AS WE WORK ON
PHASE TWO WHAT THE NEXT STEPS
WILL BE.
AND WITH THAT I WILL KICK IT
OVER TO YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LIN.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE
PRESENTATION AND THE COMMENTS.
CHAIR, I DO, THE FOUR PHASES
HAVING SOME TYPE
OF UNDERSTANDING AND ALSO
KEEPING THE EYE ON THE PRIZE,
TOO, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER
ISSUES,
TOO, LIKE
MHA. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS
THAT
IMPACT THE ABILITY TO
DEVELOP AND BUILD AFFORDABLE
HOUSING
TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTORS.
BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR
THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TODAY.
AND LOOKING AT THE BRIEFING,
I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE
ADMINISTRATIVE NOTE -- A, THANK
YOU FOR THE SLIDE NUMBERS, I WAS
SAYING THAT ON BEHALF
OF COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ,
BUT, NUMBER ONE, IT IS THE ONE
SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO THE TITLE SLIDE SHOULD
REFLECT ONE
SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THAT'S
BEEN ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL.
I RECOGNIZE THERE'S HISTORY
OF ONE SEATTLE, BUT IT IS OUR
ONE
SEATTLE, TOO, AND I THINK
THAT KIND OF GOES TO THE THEME
IN THIS BRIEFING, TOO, WITH THE
MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL
WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE, I THINK
IT
JUST MAKES SENSE TO DO.
THAT'S PROBABLY JUST AN
OVERSIGHT BUT I DID WANT TO
NOTE THAT, ALTHOUGH I WILL NOTE
THE CLERK DID HAVE ONE
SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, JUST
FOR THE
RECORD.
SECONDLY, I APPRECIATE THIS.
I WILL SAY, AS SOMEONE WHO
HAS THREE REGIONAL CENTERS IN
HIS
DISTRICT, PLUS I HAVE A
COUPLE OTHER AREAS OF STRONG
INTEREST,
WHICH I'VE ALREADY MET WITH
OPCD IN TERMS OF REVIEWS,
THERE'S
A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE IN
THOSE
AREAS.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
THAT WORK NOT GET SIDELINED.
I THINK WE CAN PROCEED ON
THAT AS WELL, AND SO I THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO
NOTE.
SEPARATELY AS YOU WALK
THROUGH THE BRIEFING
NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTERS, I DID WANT TO
RECOMMIT TO THE IDEA OFOF
NICKERSON
NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER. IN FACT, I WAS IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU WILL, LAST
FRIDAY, A WEEK AGO
ALMOST, TALKING TALKING THE
VARIOUS
PIECES OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE
THAT ON
THE GROUND, AND SO
WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT FOR
THAT D-
7 NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
AND, BY THE WAY, I
RECOMMIT MYSELF TO THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER AS WELL.
SEPARATELY, I NOTE THE NUMBER
50. THAT'S A BIG NUMBER.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY
I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS LIKE IN
OUR D-
7 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.
WE'VE HAD THE
URBANISTS THERE AND STREET
ALLIANCE AND OTHER
GROUPS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS
I SAID REPEATEDLY -- I
KNOW NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
IS A TERM BUT I SAID, YOU KNOW,
WE SHOULD
HAVE AN IDEA OF,
LIKE, NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGES,
WHICH I KNOW TECHNICALLY IS NOT
A TERM.
MR. HUBNER IS PROBABLY
LOOKING AT ME WANT TO GO CORRECT
THIS.
IF YOU LOOK AT
A NUMBER LIKE THAT, A SMALLER
VERSION OF WHAT
WE'VE SEEN AND TO REALLY PUT IT
OUT THERE AND SEE WHICH ONES
ORGANICALLY DEVELOP, IN
TURN, WHEN THE NEXT ITERATION OF
THIS
PROCESS MAY THEN BECOME
A NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
I SAY THAT BECAUSE
IT'S IMPORTANT TO FIND THOSE
AREAS THAT ORGANICALLY GROW AND
THEN CAN GROW WITH THE VARIOUS
PIECES THAT GO INTO THIS PROCESS
IN TERMS OF BUILDING COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK IT'S A CHANCE
FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO
FORTH TO ABSORB AND SEE, AGAIN,
WHICH
ONES. I'M STILL LOOKING TO DO
-- I'VE
HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OPC
DID HAVING NEIGHBORHOOD
VILLAGES WITHIN DISTRICT 7 WHICH
WOULDN'T BE A FORMAL THING BUT
USING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL
AS A WAY
TO CREATE THOSE VILLAGES. 50 IS
A BIG NUMBER.
IT WILL CREATE SOME TYPE OF
RESPONSE. I JUST THROW THAT OUT
THERE
THAT I'M STILL COMMITTED TO
THE NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE IDEA
FOR THOSE
WHO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ME IN
THE PAST IN TERMS OF AT
LEAST IN MY DISTRICT.
AGAIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT
TO HAVE THAT KIND OF ORGANIC
GROWTH
THERE. THE LAST THING, CHAIR, I
JUST WANTED TO NOTE IS THIS
TRANSIT
THREE EXPERIENCE IS REALLY
DRIVING HOME THE IDEA THAT LAND
USE, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, AND
TRANSPORTATION ARE TWO SIDES
OF THE SAME COIN.
IT IS A FAILING TO NOT GET THE
BLE, THE BALLARD EXTENSION TO
BALLARD, THE NAMESAKE OF THE
LINE, AND THERE'S REALLY A
DISCONNECT, AS I'VE SAID MANY
TIMES, BETWEEN WHAT THE STATE
IS DOING THROUGH SOUND TRANSIT
ON
ONE HAND AND THEN THROUGH
PSRC OF THE COMP PLAN.
WE SHOULD BE ALSO, WITH THIS IN
MIND, WE SHOULD ALSO BE LOOKING
FOR THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES FOR
US. AND I RAISE THIS BECAUSE,
AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT
AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, BY
THE
WAY, HERE IN THE URBAN CORE AREA
AND ALSO IN QUEEN ANNE AND
MAGNOLIA, WE HAVE AN ISSUE OF
STEEP SLOPES.
IT'S BEEN COMING UP AGAIN
AND AGAIN
RECENTLY.
STEEP SLOPE STREETS ARE A
PROBLEM.
IT'S A FREM -- PROBLEM ON 14th
WEST AND SDOT
AND A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE
COMMUNITY THERE.
MASSIVE.
AND SO WHEN I SEE WALKABLE,
LIKE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
OR
LATER ON WALKING DISTANCE
AND ALL OF THIS, BE ASSURED
YOU'RE NOT WALKING IN MANY
AREAS OF MY
DISTRICT.
YOU ARE CLIMBING.
AND SO THIS KIND OF GOES TO THE
EIS.
THIS SHOULD BE PARTICIPATE
OFOF REFINING AND STEEP SLOPES.
IT GOES TO THE IDEA OF
TRANSPORTATION AND LAND
USE WORKING
TOGETHER. THERE'S ISSUES THAT
HAVE
BEEN POPPING UP THAT COME OUT
WITH NOT MUCH NOTIFICATION, BY
THE
WAY, FROM THE EXECUTIVE.
WE HAVE THESE PIECES THAT
ARE COMING AND IT'S BETTER
TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES NOW
VERSUS LATER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
WORK THROUGH THAT, WE HAVE
EVEN BIGGER PROBLEMS.
IT'S THE IDEA OF AN OUNCE
OF PREVENTION VERSUS A POUND OF
CURE.
I RAISE THAT UP BASED ON, AGAIN,
THIS ST- 3 PIECE HAS BEEN
REALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT
THAT LAND
USE AND TRANSPORTATION ARE
TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN, AND
WE
HAVE TO BE IN SYNC ON
THESE PIECES AND ENSURE THAT WE
CAN DO
THESE VARIOUS PIECES.
LIKE PROMISING WALK ZONES WHEN
YOU'RE BASICALLY CLIMBING.
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED
TO UNDERSTAND AND HAVE SOME
FINESSE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND
SO,
WITH THAT, CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
AND JUST A FEW POINTS.
THANK YOU VERY
MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE.
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK?
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR TODAY'S
PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU
TO EVERYONE WHO TURNED
OUT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND
MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD AS WE
ENGAGE IN THE NEXT PROCESS.
AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR
YOUR TEAM AND DOING THE WORK TO
GET THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US.
I WANTED TO ASK A QUICK
QUESTION ON TIMING TO CENTRAL
STAFF.
ON SLIDE 15 IT SHOWS THAT
COUNCIL'S DELIBERATION PROCESS
IS ONLY THREE MONTHS AND PART
THAT HAVE IS DURING
COUNCIL RECESS AND RIGHT BEFORE
BUDGET.
IS THIS A REALISTIC REALISTIC
LINE FOR US TO PASS THIS AND
WHAT CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD BE
MADE
IF WE AREN'T ABLE TO PASS THIS
IN
2027?
>> THANKS.
JUST TO GET THE TIME LINE UP
THERE.
I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
I THINK THAT IT'S -- IT'S A
HARD
ONE TO ANSWER ACCURATELY.
IT'S HARD TO PREDICT THE
FUTURE.
THE COUNCIL HAS
UNEXPECTED PRIORITIES AND WE
HAVE OUR
UNEXPECTED TIMES LIKE
DURING BUDGET WHERE WE HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED CAPACITY
TO HANDLE ANYTHING ELSE.
I CERTAINLY THINK THIS IS
A POSSIBLE TIME LINE.
I THINK IT MAY BE A LITTLE
OPTIMISTIC.
I WOULD SAY I WOULD NOT
BE SURPRISED IF IT WERE TO
PUSH INTO 2028.
I WOULD HOPE IT WOULDN'T
PUSH FAR INTO 2028, IF SO.
>> I JUST ADD THAT ONE OF
THE WAYS THAT -- I MEAN, SO WE
HAVE TALLER, DENSER, FASTER, BUT
ONE OF THE WAYS WE CAN GO FASTER
AND
STILL DO GOOD WORK IS TO
WORK CLOSELY BETWEEN THE
EXECUTIVE
AND THE COUNCIL SIDE, AND
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE
DOING HERE TO
CONSULT EVERYONE ON WHAT
SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE
AND TRY
TO CONDENSE DOWN THAT COUNCIL
TIME LINE BY HAVING YOU ALL
BE INVOLVED INVOLVED THE
SHAPING OF
THE PROPOSAL SO, LIKE, THAT'S A
GOAL THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH
YOU
ON.
>> I WANT TO ECHO THAT'S A GOOD
POINT. WE DO HAVE TO DO
ADDITIONAL NOTICING WHEN THINGS
GO
OUTSIDE THE SCOPE.
I THINK THAT ADDS MONTHS TO
OUR TIME
LINES AS YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE.
>> THANK YOU FOR
THAT. THAT'S HELPFUL TO GIVE A
SENSE
OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AHEAD
AS THE CHAIR STATED THIS
HAS BEEN A COMPLICATED PROCESS
AND WE WANT TO BE CLEAR WITH THE
PUBLIC AND JUST CLEAR MOVING
FORWARD.
I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR
STUDYING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
AND I KNOW FROM THE
PREVIOUS PROCESS -- AND I STATE
MY SUPPORT FOR STUDYING
WHAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT
WAS CHALLENGING TO BE IN A
POSITION
WHERE WE
WERE CONSTRAINED ON WHAT OUR
OPTIONS WERE.
I WANT TO GIVE OPTIONS FOR
POLICY IDEAS.
THERE WERE IDEAS ON THE
TABLE FROM DISPLACEMENT MEASURES
TO BONUSES OR BRINGING ONLINE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS AND
WE
WEREN'T ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH THOSE ININ ONE AND
SO BY ALLOWING US TO STUDY,
IT REALLY JUST GIVES US AS
A LEGISLATIVE BODY MORE
POLICY OPTIONS AND CHOICES.
WITH THAT, THAT'S JUST
MY QUESTION FOR TODAY, AND THANK
YOU, CHAIR.
CAN.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RINCK.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR,
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING
HERE.
I WILL SAY THIS IS MY FIRST
TIME HAVING AWARENESS OF THE
SPECIFICS OF THIS
TALLER, DENSER, FASTER PLAN.
I'M GOING TO STATE SOMETHING
FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN I'M
GOING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS
ABOUT
THE ACTUAL PLAN.
I AM FROM THE LARGEST CITY
IN THIS COUNTRY, THE LARGEST
CITY BY DOUBLE THE NEXT LARGEST
CITY IN THE COUNTRY, WHICH
IS NEW YORK CITY, AND I LOVE
THAT I GREW UP IN NEW YORK I
CITY. I GREW UP IN AN APARTMENT,
AND I HAD A VERY HAPPY
CHILDHOOD.
NOW I HAVE A HOME, A
SINGLE FAMILY HOME WHERE MY KIDS
ARE GROWING UP.
SO I SEE THE BENEFITS OF
BOTH AND THEN THE
CHALLENGESCHALLENGES
BOTH, AND I LOVED MY -- I LOVE
MY
BELOVED NEW YORK CITY AS MUCH
AS I LOVE MY ADOPTED NEW CITY
WHERE MY KIDS WERE BORN AND
ARE GROWING UP.
AND SO I WANT TO SAY
THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN WE
MAKE
COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF -- AND OUR
RESPONSE TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING,
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO MAKE
THE COMMENT THAT SOMEHOW I
DON'T
AGREE WITH GROWTH.
THAT IS NOT THE TRUTH.
THAT COULD NOT BE FURTHEST
FROM THE TRUTH SINCE I'M FROM A
HUGE CITY THAT I VERY MUCH LOVE.
AND THE ONE THING THAT WAS
FRUSTRATING TO ME ABOUT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS THAT
WE HAD LAST YEAR THAT
CONTINUES NOW TO BE A SOURCE
OF FRUSTRATION TO ME EVEN TODAY
IS
THAT I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A
LACK OF TRANSPARENCY.
I TEAL I SHOULD NOT BE FINDING
OUT ABOUT THIS PLAN HERE
RIGHT NOW IN THESE CHAMBERS.
SO PERHAPS SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES HAD A BRIEFING AHEAD
OF
TIME, BUT I DID NOT.
AND IT'S HARD WHEN WE'RE
FINDING OUT THINGS IN CHAMBERS
IN THIS
WAY.
IF I FEEL THAT WAY,
I KNOW CONSTITUENTS FEEL THAT
WAY.
AND THEN WHAT'S FRUSTRATING
EVEN MORE TO ME IS FEELING LIKE
WE'RE FAILING CONSTITUENTS BY
NOT PROVIDING THE
TRANSPARENCY, WHICH SEEMS TO BE
GOVERNMENT'S CONSTANT ACHILLES
HEEL, NOT
JUST FOR SEATTLE BUT EVERY CITY,
AND I WANT TO DO BETTER.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE
HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION
AHEAD OF TIME, AND IF THEY WANT
TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK
AHEAD OF TIME THEY CAN.
SO IF YOU SEE HERE TODAY THERE
WEREN'T MANY PUBLIC COMMENTERS
FOR THIS TOPIC AS WE'VE SEEN
IN THE PAST,
PROBABLY BECAUSE NOBODY KNEW WE
WERE HAVING
THIS PRESENTATION TODAY OR WHAT
IT
ENTAILED.
WE
HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE JUST DO.
WE WANT AT THAT HEAR FROM
EVERYBODY, ALL SIDES, BOTH
SIDES, BECAUSE, IN THIS
CASE, THERE SEEMS TO BE TWO
CAMPS, AND THAT'S GREAT,
OTHERWISE
WE'RE GOING TO GET ATTACKED FOR
NOT GIVING OUT INFORMATION AHEAD
OF TIME EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON
PURPOSE.
I'M CALLING IT OUT PUBLICLY
FOR THE RECORD SO WE DO BETTER
ON THAT SCORE AND I WILL KEEP
TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS
WHAT WE HEAR FROM
OUR CONSTITUENTS AND I KNOW
THAT MAYBE I WILL BE THE ONLY
ONE TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT I
KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE
GETTING
THOSE EMAILS FROM MY
CONSTITUENTS.
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT AND,
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A LOT
HERE, THERE'S A LOT I NEED TO
DIG
INTO, THAT WE ALL NEED TO DIG
INTO. AS I SAID, I'M JUST
SEEING
THIS NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THERE ARE PIECES -- I
APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE,
COUNCILMEMBER
KETTLE'S POINTS THAT HE
MADE. I'M ALSO GOING TO ADD
THAT PART OF THIS JOINT
RESOLUTION, I
THINK, NEEDS TO HAVE ASPECTS OF
ENSURING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING
INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW
WE'RE PLANNING FOR THAT
INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW WE'RE
GOING TO PAY FOR THAT SFRANS
BECAUSE MORE GROWTH MEANS MORE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAN WE
HAVE TODAY AND THAT SHOULDN'T
BE AN
AFTERTHOUGHT BUT SHOULD BE AN
ACTIVE PIECE OF THIS AS WELL AS
AMENITIES LIKE LIBRARIES
AND PARKS AS WELL AS
EMERGENCY SERVICES LIKE FIRE AND
POLICE AS
PART OF ALL OF THIS.
SO I DO FEEL, YOU KNOW, I AM
NOT OF THE FRAME OF MIND OF
SLOWING THINGS DOWN, AT THE SAME
TIME YOU CAN GO SO FAST
THAT YOU'RE NOT INCORPORATING
FEEDBACK ININ
WAY ON THE BACK END AND
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU
MENTIONED THIS JUST ABOUT IF WE
DON'T DO THE FRONT END WORK,
THEN WE'RE IN A DEFICIT ON
THE BACK END.
SO I HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR, TO
REALLY HAVE ROBUST CONVERSATION
AND OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK
ON THE JOINT RESOLUTION ON
THE FRONT END BECAUSE WHILE I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A
RESOLUTION IS NOT BINDING, THIS
IS OUR INTENT, IT DOES GO TO
WHAT IS GOING TO THE
SUPPLEMENTAL EIS AND THEN
LATER
I UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON WHAT COMES OUT
OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EIS, BUT
THEN PEOPLE WILL FEEL AT THAT
TIME LIKE THEY DID WITH LAST
YEAR'S
PROCESS THAT THEY'RE GIVING
FEEDBACK ON THE BACK END AND
NOT IN THE FRONT END AND I
DON'T
WANT THAT -- THAT DOES NOT
FEEL GOOD TO ME.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD
FEEL GOOD TO ANY OF US WHO
ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF ALL
THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY, AND
I THINK WHEN WE WORKED TOGETHER
WE
GET BETTER OUTCOMES.
I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP SAYING
THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S TRUE.
AND SO I JUST HOPE WE HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITH
THIS JOINT RESOLUTION, AND
THERE'S
A LOT MORE I CAN SAY BUT I
KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
THANK YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR LIN,
FOR BRINGING THIS IMPORTANT
PIECE,
AND THANK
YOU, MAYOR'S OFFICE, FOR BEING
HERE AND OPCD AND
HB AND EVERYONE.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
THERE WAS THE -- INSIDE THE
RESOLUTION ABOUT
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, I WAS
CURIOUS FROM OUR FIRST
RESOLUTION THAT
COUNCIL PASSED IF THERE WAS ANY
UPDATES REGARDING SOME OF THAT
WORK, BECAUSE I AM LOOKING INTO
PUTTING SOME ANTI- DISPLACEMENT
INFORMATION IN THIS
RESOLUTION, NOT JUST LISTING
WHAT WE
CURRENTLY DO, OUR
STRATEGIES, BUT ADDING MORE
STUFF.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAD
AN UPDATE ON THAT AS WELL AND
I CAN LIST SOME OF THE THINGS WE
REQUESTED, TOO.
>> SURE.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
I CAN AT LEAST TAKE A FIRST
CUT AT THAT ANSWER.
THERE ARE MANY COMPONENTS
TO WHAT OPCD IS DOING AND THE
CITY IS DOING ON ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT,
AND I THINK THEY ALL TOUCH
IN SOME WAY TO WHAT WAS CALLED
FOR IN THE RESOLUTION YOU
ADOPTED IN
DECEMBER.
FOR OUR PART, ONE PIECE OF
THAT WAS COMMUNICATING TO YOU
THAT THE COUNCIL
COMPANION A MEMO THAT DESCRIBES
OUR APPROACH
AND THINKING AND ANALYSIS
AROUND HOW THAT LEGISLATION
INTERACTS WITH DISPLACEMENT RISK
AND
WHAT THE RANGE OF TOOLS ARE THAT
CAN HELP TO MITIGATE THAT RISK
WITH THAT LEGISLATION THAT WAS
ONE
PIECE.
WE PUT TOGETHER OUR
THINKING, THE DATA INFORMATION
WE HAVE TO
DATE, SO THAT'S THE START OF
PROVIDING YOU WITH THE
INFORMATION YOU NEED, YOU
TAKE ON ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION
BUT
OPCD DOES HAVE A NUMBER OF
BODIES OF WORK WE ARE
DOING AROUND ANTI- DISPLACEMENT
INCLUDING DEVELOPING
AND ADVANCING NEWER EMERGING
TOOLS.
HOMEOWNER SUPPORTS FOR LEGACY
HOMEOWNERS IS ONE
AREA THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
WE ARE LEADING A CITYWIDE EFFORT
THAT PRODUCED A NEW DASHBOARD
OF MORE URGENT MEASURES OF
DISPLACEMENT RISK AND THERE'S
AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL GROUP THAT
IS MEETING REGULARLY
AND IDENTIFYING WHERE THE GAPS
ARE
AND GETTING THE WORD OUT
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FLEED NEED
OF THE
TOOLS WE DO HAVE AND LOOKING AT
THE DATA TO SEE WHAT WE CAN HAVE
A SUITE OF ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT TOOLS AND THEN, OF
COURSE,
ONGOING PROGRAMS LIKE THE
EDI PROGRAM AND OPCD ARE AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE MIX THERE.
THEY WEREN'T CALLED FOR IN THE
RESOLUTION, OF COURSE, BUT
WE PUT A LOT OF OUR ENERGY
INTOINTO THOSE TOOLS AND
RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND A PART OF THE EDI WORK
I KNOW IS THROUGH A LOT OF THE
NONPROFIT FOLKS, AND I
THINK COUNCIL DID AN AMENDMENT
TO
INCLUDE SMALL BUSINESSES IN
THAT.
THAT WAS WRITTEN BY
COUNCILMEMBER MOORE
AND SUPPORTED THAT BECAUSE WE
KNOW SOME OF OUR IMMIGRANT AND
OUR
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, THEY
BUILD A LOT OF THEIR FOUNDATION
ON SMALL BUSINESSES, AND SO
WE'LL LINK BACK WITH YOU ALL ON
THAT
UPDATE.
AND WOULD LOVE TO GET A
COMMITMENT FROM YOU ALL
THAT MORE MEETINGS YOU
HAVE INCLUDE -- AND I'M
GOING TO GO -- I JUST MADE OFF
THE TOP OF
MY HEAD MOUNT ZION
CHURCH, TABERNACLE CHURCH, FAME,
AFRICA
TOWN, BLACK LEGACY HOMEOWNERS,
KING COUNTY EQUITY NOW, URBAN
LEAGUE OF SEATTLE, BIRD BAR,
BLACK PASTORS GROUP, LANGSTON,
GREEN HOME DESIGN, CASE 21,
RESOURCE EQUITY, URBAN
IMPACT, PARENTS FOR STUDENTS
SUCCESS.
THOSE ARE A LOT OF THE
GROUPS WE HAVE INTERACTION WITH
WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
I KNOW
THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED.
PART OF THE ANTI-
DISPLACEMENT WORK IS THEM HAVING
A
SEAT AT THE TABLE WHEN THESE
POLICIES ARE BEING CRAFTED SO WE
DON'T HAVE TO DO AFTER THE FACT
AND A LOT OF THE CLEANUP
THAT COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE TO
ENGAGE
ON AND SPEND A LOT OF OUR
TIME DOING WHEN ON THE FRONT END
THISTHIS
BE DONE AT THE BEGINNING.
SO THEY FEEL, LIKE, INCLUDED AND
INCORPORATED IN THESE
DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU ALL
CARE ABOUT THAT AS WELL, BUT
JUST WANTED TO SAY, BEING
VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT
THAT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE
DISPARITY, WHAT
IT LOOKS LIKE, THE
PERCEPTION FROM THE OUTSIDE,
PEOPLE
NOT FEELING LIKE THEY'RE
INCORPORATED.
SO JUST WANTED TO SAY
THAT. I JUST WROTE THAT LIST OFF
THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
MORE THAN HAPPY TO SEND THAT
OR MORE THAN HAPPY TO PUT
THOSE GROUPS IN THE RESOLUTION
SO
WE
CAN CROSS THEM OFF AND MAKE SURE
THAT WE'RE INCLUDING THEM AS
WELL.
SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE
COLLEAGUES AND TO THE
PUBLIC AND TO THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE AND
OPCD AND CENTRAL STAFF.
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, OUR
OFFICE HAS BEEN AWARE OF THIS,
SO
MY APOLOGIES THAT WE HAVE
NOT BETTER COMMUNICATED, AND SO
I HEAR YOU AND WE'LL COMMIT
TO DOING BETTER.
I DO WANT TO JUST NOTE FOR THE
RECORD THAT NO DECISIONS
HAVE BEEN MADE, AND I THINK THAT
WAS PART OF THE REASON TO DO
THIS BRIEFING IS TO MAKE SURE
THAT
WE GET INPUT AND WE'RE ABLE
TO PROVIDE THAT INPUT AND ON
THE TIME LINE IF WE COULD BRING
UP
THE TIME LINE.
I GUESS IT'S AT LEAST ON MY
SCREEN. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT
JOINT RESOLUTION IN MAY.
I THINK WE HAVE A BUSY
SUMMER COMING UP AHEAD, AND SO I
THINK IT'LL BE A BUSY SUMMER,
BUT I
THINK WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT
SOME TIME THIS SUMMER TO GET
THIS JOINT RESOLUTION DONE SO
THAT
WE CAN PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK TO
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THE
APPROACH.
AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S POINT
EARLIER, I THINK PART OFOF
DIFFICULTY COUNCIL FACED LAST
TIME, I JOINED AT THE VERY
END OF THE LAST PROCESS, WAS DUE
TO THE SCOPE OF THE STUDY,
COUNCIL'S OPTIONS WERE PRETTY
LIMITED.
AND, UNFORTUNATELY, IF WE HAD
A MORE ROBUST STUDY THAT FIRST
TIME, WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO
BE DOING THE SECOND ROUND OF
STUDY.
I THINK SOME STUDY WOULD
HAVE HAD TO HAPPEN ANYWAY
AROUNDAROUND
TOD, BUT IT YOU KNOW, THIS
PROCESS HAS TAKEN SO MANY
YEARS, AND WE HEARD SOME OF THAT
TODAY ABOUT THE EXHAUSTION.
I'M SURE SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES
ARE EXHAUSTED BY THE LENGTH
OF THIS PROCESS AND, YOU
KNOW, IT WILL PROBABLY BE THE
BETTER
PART OF A DECADE BEFORE WE'RE
DONE
WITH THIS PROCESS.
AND WE'VE HAD TURNOVERS IN
ADMINISTRATION.
WE'VE HAD NEW STATE LAWS
WHETHER
IT'S 1110 OR THE TOD BILL AND
SO
THIS HAS BEEN A COMPLICATED
AND DIFFICULT PROCESS, BUT I DO
JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD
THAT
PART OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO
MAKE SURE THAT WE DO
PROVIDE EARLY INPUT ESPECIALLY
WHAT WE
ARE HEARING ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF ANTI-DISPLACEMENT.
WE HEARD THE IMPORTANCE
OF SPEAKING TO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL
VALUES TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE STUDY THESE AND I DO ALSO
JUST
WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD
THAT A STUDY ALONE DOES NOT --
JUST BECAUSE WE STUDY
SOMETHING DOESN'T MEAN THAT
WE'RE GOING
TO CHOOSE TO PROCEED WITH THAT
OPTION.
IT GIVES US OPTIONS BUT THE
HARD PART IS IF WE DON'T STUDY,
THEN WE CAN NEVER CONSIDER
SOMETHING THAT'S NOT STUDIED,
AND SO THAT
REALLY RESTRICTS OUR ABILITY
TO CONSIDER THE FULL RANGE
OF POLICY OPTIONS IF
SOMETHING IS NOT STUDIED AT ALL,
AND SO I
DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
PROVIDE
INPUT ON THE SCOPE OF THAT STUDY
AND MY PERSONAL SUGGESTION WOULD
BE TO STUDY MORE THAN LESS
SO THAT WE HAVE THE FULL RANGE
OF
OPTIONS INCLUDING STRONG
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT
AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
OPTIONS.
I DO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT,
AGAIN, FASTER IS A RELATIVE
TERM
HERE. NONE OF THIS HAS BEEN FAST
AND,
AGAIN, JUST TO REPEAT FOR
THE RECORD THERE WILL BE --
NOTHING HAS BEEN DECIDED YET.
WE HEARD TODAY THE IMPORTANCE OF
ONGOING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
WITH COMMUNITIES FACING
DISPLACEMENT PRESSURES THAT HAVE
BEEN
ONGOING FOR MANY YEARS.
WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU
ALL.
WE WILL BE HAVING FURTHER
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE, WITH OPCD ON THE NEXT
STEPS, AND UNLESS
THERE'S FURTHER QUESTIONS OR
COMMENTS --
GO AHEAD.
>> CHAIR, I ALSO WANT TO
PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT BECAUSE OF
THIS EVERY TEN YEARS WE ENGAGE
IN
THIS EXERCISE BUT IN THE
IN BETWEEN TIMES ABOUT EVERY
COUPLE
YEARS WE HAVE UPDATES SO
I DON'T THINK THIS IS OUT OF
THE
REALM OF WHAT WE OVER TIME HAVE
DONE.
IT MAY BE THERE'S MORE NOW
THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST BUT
IT
IS TRUE THAT EVERY TEN YEARS
WEWE
THE BIGGER COMP PLAN AND WE
DO ALL THE ZONES AND THINGS
EVERY
COUPLE YEARS THERE ARE
UPDATES SO IT'S NOT IRREGULAR
IS WHAT
I'M TRYING TO SAY AND
I APPRECIATE YOU COMMENTS
ABOUT TRYING TO INCLUDE
EVERYTHING.
I'M ALL FOR STUDYING THINGS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
THE PUBLIC HAS THAT AWARENESS
AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THE
FEEDBACK NO MATTER WHAT
WE DECIDE TO DO, BECAUSE
THAT'S WHERE I THINK WE ARE
CONSTANTLY GETTING THE PUBLIC'S
FRUSTRATION
AND, TO ME, THERE'S NO NEED FOR
THAT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE.
WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO DO AND WE
SHOULD PROVIDE THAT TRANSPARENCY
SO WE'RE NOT CONSTANTLY FEELING
LIKE WE'RE UNDER THE
PEOPLE FEELING LIKE WE'RE
BURYING
SOMETHING.
THAT DOESN'T FEEL GREAT.
SO THAT'S REALLY MY SOURCE OF
FRUSTRATION MORE SO THAN WHAT
WE'RE GOING TO STUDY OR NOT
STUDY.
WE JUST NEED TO BE FORTHCOMING
AND MAKE SURE WE'RE INCLUDING
COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
SUPER APPRECIATE ALL THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU
MENTIONED.
THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND
IN TERMS, ALSO, OF THE
ANTI-DISPLACEMENT, WE HAVE A LOT
OF RETIREES AND OTHER FOLKS
THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED ACROSS
THE CITY AND ALL OF THAT NEEDS
TO BE
PART OF THIS PLAN SO MAKING SURE
WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE ASPECTS IS
IMPORTANT.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER
RIVERA.
I'LL JUST RESPOND AND
SAY THAT AT LEAST IN MY LIFETIME
I THINK
THIS HAS BEEN THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT SORT OF ZONING
EXERCISE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
EXERCISE, IN SORT OF RECENT
HISTORY.
AND SO EVEN
THOUGH THIS HAS TAKEN MANY YEARS
GIVEN THETHE
OF THE CHANGE IT
IS UNDERSTANDABLE WHY WE NEEDED
TO DO SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT
BUT ALSO JUST WHY THIS HAS TAKEN
SO LONG.
TO DO THIS LEVEL OF CHANGES
TO OUR CITYSCAPE, TO OUR
ENVIRONMENT, THE PLANNING
WORK AROUND IT, IT JUST TAKES
TIME.
AND SO I'M NOT TRYING TO
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE LENGTH OF
TIME OTHER THAN TO
ACKNOWLEDGE IT FOR WHAT IT IS.
THANK YOU, AGAIN, COLLEAGUES.
THANK YOU TO OUR PRESENTERS
AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
FOR
HANGING WITH US BOTH
TODAY AND FOR THE YEARS TO COME.
AND IF THERE'S NO FURTHER
BUSINESS, I'M GOING TO CLOSE
OUT THIS
MEETING AT 3:44. THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR.